DONACOLA FLAYIPRYMNA, Gould.
Yellow-rumped Finch.
Donacola flamprymna, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part xiii. p. 80.
A s in g l e specimen, and the only one I have ever seen o f this pretty F inch, was presented to me by Benjamin
Bynoe, Esq., Surgeon, R.N., who procured it on the banks o f the Victoria River during the late surveying
voyage o f H.M.S. Beagle. I t is very nearly allied to the Donacola castaneothorax, but is specifically distinct
from th at as well as from every other known species o f this now numerous tribe o f birds. I reg ret to
add th at nothing whatever is known o f its habits or mode of lif e ; but in these respects it doubtless as
closely assimilates to its congeners as it does in form.
Head pale fawn-colour; back and wings light chestnut-brown; under surface buff; upper tail-coverts
wax-yellow; under tail-coverts black; tail brown.
The figures are of the natural size.
