Genus —B A T H I L D A. 
Bathilda Reichenbach, Die Sing. Vogel, pp. n., 
19, (prob. after July 1st) 1862. Type (by 
monotypy) .. .. .. .. .. Amudina ruficauda Gould. 
A BRIGHTLY coloiHod monotypic genus with a slightly longer biU than the 
preceding and not so broad comparatively; a longer wedge-shaped tail, not 
quite so long as the wing, feathers narrow but none attenuated, the upper and 
under tad-coverts short. 
Compared with the preceding a very distinct form, but when placed 
alongside Neochmia, its colour ally, the chief differences are the slightly 
shorter bid, the more pointed wing with the shorter secondaries and the 
less graduated and shorter tad. It has shghtly longer legs and the nostrils 
not quite so open, trivial items. 
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