THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Banded (Stictoptera bichenovii) Finches in my aviary, and was most interested 
in the markings in the mouths of the yotmg Gouldians, or Painters, as we 
call them. I have never noticed any signs of bright spots or colouring in 
the other young Finches reared in captivity.” 
This appeared in answer to a note I wrote in the Emu, Vol. XVII., p. 100 
1917, entitled: “ The Nestlings of Australian Finches: What do we know 
about them.” I there recorded Chapin’s valuable study of African forms 
apparently closely allied, and indicated questions in connection with the 
Australian forms, but very little result has yet been seen. 
The forms admitted are 
Gouldceornis gouldice gouldice (Gould). 
Van Diemen’s GuH, Northern Territory. 
Of this Gouldceornis mirabilis (Des Murs), Raffles Bay, is a synonym. 
Gouldceornis gouldice armitiana (Ramsay). 
North Queensland (Cardwell ?). 
Gouldceornis gouldice kempi (Mathews). 
Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria. 
Gouldceornis gouldice westra Mathews. 
Differs from G. g. gouldice (Gould) in having the head (either black or red) 
much more intense in colour and the back a deeper shade of green. Type: 
Napier Broom Bay, North-west Australia. 
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