RED-FACED FINCH. 
Adult male. Lores, fore-head, sides of the face and chin crimson, the sides of tlie face with 
minute spots of wliilo ; back of the liead, sides of the neck, back, mantle, riunp 
and innennost secondaries greenish-olive ; primaries and outer secondaries ash- 
brown, bordered on the outer web with olive ; upper tail-coverts dull carmine, 
each feather with a large spot of wlute suffused with pink ; tail-feathers dull carmine, 
shafts black; chest, lower throat and sides of the body greenish-olive, each feather 
with a spot of wliite towards the extremity ; belly, abdomen and under tail-coverts 
golden-yellow ; under-surface of wings ash-grey, margined on the inner web with 
whitisli. Eyes light red ; feet and tarsus yellow ; bill red. Total length 115 mm. ; 
culmen 9, wing 63, tail 41, tarsus, U5. Figured. Collected on Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia, on the 27th of Juno, 1909, and is the type of s^tbclarescens. 
Adult female. Very similar to the adult male. 
Adult male. Loros, sides of the face and a patch continued over the eyes, rich crimson, 
the sides of the face covered with pin-points of wliito ; crown, back of the neck, 
mantle, back, rump and wing-coverts brownish-olive ; primaries and secondaries 
brownish-ash, margined on the outer web with olive; upper tail-coverts dull 
carmine with a penultimate spot of white suffused with pink ; middle tail-feathers 
dull carmine, the outer pairs olive-brown; ear-coverts, sides of the neck, throat 
and chest, and sides of the body greyish-olive, each feather with a spot of wliite at 
the extremity ; middle of the belly, abdomen, and under tail-coverts olive-yeUow ; 
under-surface of wings greyish-ash, margined on the iimer web with buff. Total, 
length 110 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 54, tail 43, tarsus 16. Figured. Collected in 
Queensland in 1861, and is the ty^ of conn&itens. 
Adult female. Fore-head, lores, a ring round the eye and cheeks crimson, the former and 
latter spotted with wliite ; back of the head, neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 
wing-coverts and scapulars yellowish-olive ; feathers of the rump rose-red with 
a wide bar of rosy-w'hite at the extremity ; flight-feathers olive, margined on the outer 
web with yellowish-olive; central tail-feathers dull pui-plish-red; outer tail- 
feathers olive, margined on the outer web with dull purplish-red ; chin crimson : 
tliroat yellowish-white, each feather with a romided spot of white, bordered with 
olive ; chest, upper breast and sides of the body pale olive ivith oval spots of white 
margined with olive; flanks and middle of the belly and under tail-coverts pale 
golden-yellow ; under-surface of wings and tail ashy-grey. Eyes light red, feet and 
tarsus yellow, bill red. Total length 106 mm. ; culmen 9. wing 54 ; tail 40 ; tarsus 
13. Collected on Parry’s Creek, North-west Australia, on the 2nd of February, 
1909. 
Half-grotan. Feathers at the bass of the culmen, round the eye and on the cheeks, with a 
few scarlet feathers making their appearance; head, back, wing-coverts and 
secondaries greenish-olive; feathers of the rump with a rosy tinge ; upper tail- 
coverts dull purplish-red; flight-feathers olive, margined on the outer web with 
greenish olive ; tliroat, chest and flanks yellowish-ash with a few rounded white 
spots; middle of the belly, thighs and under tail-coverts yellowish-white ; under¬ 
surface of wings and tail ash-grey. Bill reddish, eyes orange, feet brown. Collected 
on the Alligator River, Northern Territory, on the 8th of September, 1903. 
Immature. General colour of the upper-parts including the wings dull olive-brown; 
central pairs of taU-feathers duU purplish-red; outer pair olive, margined on the 
outer web with darker olive ; under-parts slightly paler than the upper-parts ; 
abdomen whitish. Bill blackish, eyes yellow, feet browm. Collected on the Alligator 
River, Northern Territory, on the 4th of September, 1903. 
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