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PLOCEIDffi. 
Genus iEGINTHA, Gabanis. 
2EGINTIIA TEMPORALIS, Latham. 
Red-eyebrowed Finch. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 253, p. 411. 
This bird is one of the commonest of the Ploceidce in New 
South Wales and Victoria; it constructs a flask-shaped nest 
of dried grasses &c., placed in a bush or low tree ; a favourite 
breeding locality of this species is in the Melaleuca scrubs that 
fringe the edges of rivers and creeks. At Heidelberg in Victoria, 
I have seen upwards of fifty nests of this species while out collecting 
in a single day. Eggs five in number for a sitting, pure white ; 
dimensions of a set in the Australian Museum Collection taken 
at Macquarie Fields, October I860 by Dr. Ramsay ; length (A) 
0-6 x 0-45 inch; (13) 0-61 x 0'44 inch ; (C) 0-62 x 0-44 inch; (D) 
0-56 x 0'45 inch; (E) 0-63 x 0-43 inch. 
It was from a nest of this species, built in an Acacia opposite 
the entrance gates to the old Government House atToorak, Victoria 
that I first took the egg of Chalcites plagosus, and although I have 
taken it on many occasions since, it has been very rarely that I 
have found it in the nest of this bird. Eggs of M. temporalis 
may be taken in September and all through the season to the 
latter end of February. 
JLal. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 
Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus AIDEMOSYNE, Rcichenbacli. 
AIDEMOSYNE MODESTA, Gould. 
Plain-coloured Finch. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 255, p. 414. 
This Finch is an inhabitant of Queensland and the northern 
portions of New South Wales. Living well in confinement, 
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