Genus— AIDEMOSYNE. 
Aidemosyne Reichenbach, Die Sing. Vogel, 
pp. I, 14, (prob. after July 1st) 1862. Type 
(by monotypy) .. .. .. .. .. Amadina modesta Gould. 
A DISTINCTLY colouTcd geuus with a short stout biQ, rounded wings, long 
wedge-shaped tail, and short legs and delicate feet. 
The bill is short and stout; the secondaries are long, but are only equal to 
the seventh primary, the (apparent) first to fourth primaries subequal and 
longest, the first minute as usual. 
The tail is long and wedge-shaped, the feathers rather narrow, the central 
ones not attenuate, more than three-fourths the length of the wing. 
The legs are short, but are a little longer than in some of the preceding 
genera comparatively, the tarsus being half as long again as the chord of the 
culmen. 
