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BIRDS INTRODUCED TO AUSTRALIA 
Description .—Dark olive-brown above; breast and sides of body, yel¬ 
lowish streaked and spotted with blackish-brown; remainder of under- 
parts, white. Length about 9 inches. 
Notes .—Also called Continental Song-thrush. This fine songster has 
firmly established itself in Victoria and South Australia, where it is fairly 
common in parks, gardens, and orchards. Food: insects and their larvae, 
snails, and worms. 
5. Skylark Alan da arvensis Linnaeus 
Distribution .—Europe and northern Africa. 
Description. —Golden-brown above, with blackish centres to the 
feathers, light streak over the eye, and white edges to the outermost tail- 
feathers ; under-parts, buffy-white, spotted and streaked with blackish- 
brown on the throat, breast, and flanks. The female is slightly smaller 
than the male. Length about 7 inches. 
Notes .—This famous songster is firmly established throughout the 
grass-lands of the coastal areas of southern and south-eastern Australia. 
Food: insects and their larvae, and seeds. 
6. Greenfinch Chloris clitoris Linnaeus 
Distribution .—Europe to Persia. 
Description. —Olive-green; yellowish forehead and rump; under-parts 
greenish-yellow, darker on the flanks. The female is much duller, and 
slightly smaller than the male. Length about 6 inches. 
i Also called Green Linnet. This Finch is fairly well distri¬ 
buted over the settled areas of southern and south-eastern Australia, where 
its pretty song is often heard in parks, gardens, and orchards. Food • 
/. Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Linnaeus 
Distribution. —Europe, Canary Islands to Egypt, Persia, and Siberia. 
Description— Forehead, front of face, and chin, crimson; crown of 
lea , ores, and feathers behind the cheeks, black; back, greyish copper- 
biown; wings, black with yellow markings; tail-feathers, black, the centre 
of iinrW V feath .f rs t behind th e eye, throat, and remainder 
ot under-parts, white. Length about 5 inches. 
out %°* e S;~ A ! SO called I Thistle-finch. A well-established species through- 
eistem cultlvated ar <-*as of south-eastern Queensland, 
insects * S th Wales * and southern Australia. Food: seeds and 
8. Tree-sparrow Passer montanus Linmeus 
Distribution .—Europe and northern Asia. 
s m alErin1fze 0n 'nS iS f SpCCieS is , like the House-sparrow but slightl 
alter in size. Chestnut crown and nape, white-bordered triangular blac 
