LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
629. PCEPHILA ACUTICAUDA. LONG-TAILED FINCH. 
Gould, Vol..HL, pi. 90 (pt. xi.), March 1st, 1842. Mathews, pi. 568. 
Amadina acuticauda Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1839, p. 143, March 1840 : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Pcephila hecki Heinroth, Oraith. Monatsb., Yol.VIII., p. 22, Feb. (received B.M. Fob. 13th), 1900: [Port Darwin] 
Northern Territory. 
Pcephila. aurantiirostris North, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. XXVII., p. 208, (Oct. 17th) 1902: Wyndham (error) 
and Port Darwin, Northern Territory. 
Pcephila acuticauda nea Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 132, Jan. 28th, 1915: Glencoe, Northern 
Territory. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory. 
CCCCLXXIV. Genus GOULDjEORNIS. 
Gouldaeornis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 41, Feb. 21st, 1923. Type (by original designation): 
Amadina gouldice Gould. 
Chlo'ebia Reichenbach, Die Sing- Vogel, pp. hi., 30, (after July 1st) 18G2. Type (by monotypy) : Amadina 
gouldice Gould. 
Not Chldebius Schoenherr, Isis, 1823, col. 445, Nov.; Cure. disp. meth., p. 211, 1826. 
630. GOULDSEORNIS GOULDI33. GOULDIAN FINCH. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 88 (pt. xv.), June 1st, 1S44 ; pi. 89 (pt. xxvni.). Sept. 1st, 1847. 
Mathews, pi. 569. 
Amadina gouldice Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xv. (Vol. III., 88), June 1st, 1844 : Victoria River, Northern Territory. 
Pcephila mirabilis Des Murs. leones Omith., pi. in., (after Aug.) 1845 : Rallies Bay, Northern Territory. 
Pcephila armitiana Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 72, July 1877; p. 187, Jan. 1878 : North 
Queensland. 
Pcephila gouldice kempi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 132, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Normanton, Queensland. 
Gouldccornis gouldice westra Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 41, Feb. 21st, 1923: Napier Broome 
Bay, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Tropical Northorn Australia. 
CCCCLXXV. Genus ALISTERANUS. 
Alisieranus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 433, Jan. 31st, 1912. Type (by original designation) : Amadina 
cincta Gould. 
631. ALISTERANUS CINCTUS. BLACK-THROATED FINCH. 
Gould, Vol. HE., pi. 93 (pt. vi.), March 1st, 1842. Mathews, pi. 570. 
Amadina cincta Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1830, p. 105, Feb. 20th, 1S37 : New South Vales. 
Pcephila atropygiahs Diggles, Trans. Philos. Soc. Quoensl., 1870, pt. 1 (road Aug. 3rd) : Normanton, Queensland. 
Pcephila nigrotccta Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII., p. lix„ July 4th, 1899 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Pcephila neglecta North. Rec. Austr. Mug., Vol. V., p. 203, June 1904 : New South Wales ( = ’ Queensland). 
Alisieranus cinctus vinotinctus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 433, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Inkerinan, Queensland. 
Alisteranus cinclus maclennani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 0, p. 159, Juno 25th, 1918 : Watson 
River, North Queensland. 
Distribution. Now South Wales, Queensland. 
CCCCLXXVI. Genus NEOPCEPHILA. 
Neopoephlla Mathews, Austral Ay. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 190, March 20th, 1913. Type (by original designation): 
Pcephila per sonata bclchcri Mathews. ^ 
632. NEOPCEPHILA PERSONATA. MASKED FINCH. 
Goul ' ] ’ VoL III., pi 91 (pt. vi.), March 1st, 1842 ; pi. 92 (pt. xxvi.), March 1st, 1847. 
Mathews, pi. 570. 
Pcephila personata Gould, Birds Austr., pt. vr„ March 1st, 1842 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Pcephila leueotis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 100, Jan. 20th, 1847 : River Lynd, Queensland. 
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