384 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXP PRODUCTIONS. 



in Simtli India and Ceylon. M. formosana, Swinlioe, is yet anotlui' of these very 

 slij^litly (lilfering races, for which names arc barely admissible." 



M. I'UNCTULATA, L. Arakau. I'egu. Tenasscrim. 



M. puncfularia, Pearson. 

 M. subundiilata, God.-Aust. 

 M. superstriata, Ilume. 



Mr. Blyth, speaking of this Pegu bird, says: "The true Indian race, as 

 distinguished from the kindred 2[. niseria, Tern.; which inhabits the Malayan 

 peninsula, and has ash-colourc^d upper tail coverts," and 5Ir. Ulyth's opinion has 

 some weight. The bird, however, falls into iir. Hume's clutches and at once 

 receives a name, and if we may credit Lord Walden, another as well from Godwin- 

 Austin. To this Hume rejoins that his bird is smaller, and .so the efforts to create 

 species out of local races goes merrily on. 



M. STRIATA, L. Andamans. jS'icobars. 



jlf. non-striata, Huine. 

 M. semisiriata, Hume. 



Mr. Hume (S.F. ii. p. 275) at the top of the page (I.e.) says, " I do not separate 

 specitically the Andaman and Nicobar Munias;" but before he gets to the bottom of it, 

 the flesh is too poweiiul for the spirit, and the above names are proposed for the races 

 iuliabitiug the Andamans and Nicobars respectively ! 



M. ATKICAPILLA Vieill. Pcgu {Ji(Je Gates). 



M. ACuriCACDA, Hodg. Arakau. Pegu. Tenasscrim. Siam. 



The white-rumped or common Munla of Tenasscrim. 



M. LEUcocrASTRA, Blyth. Southcm Tenasscrim. 



M. LEucoNOTA, Tcm. Arakan. 



EsTRELLA AMANDAVA, L. All India. Assani and Burma. 



E. FLAvrDrvi:NTKls, Wallace. Karen-ni and between the Salwcen 



£. Burmanica, Hume. and Sittoung Rivers. 



Ertthrura prasina, Sparr. Southern Tenasscrim. 



A winter visitant from the south. 



Birds of these last two sub-families have the first primary minute, and lay white 

 eggs. The members of the next sub-family lay spotted eggs, and construct clumsy 

 bulky nests in trees and holes. 



TASSERINiE. 



Passer indicus, Jerd. and Selb. Akyab and Thayet-myo. 



P. FL.AVEOLus, Blyth. Karcn-ni. Upper Pegu. 



P. assimilis, Waldcn. Toung-ngoo. 



Hume is inclined to refer this to the last, of which it is probably a race. 

 (S.F. vi. p. 407). 



P. MONTANUS, L. 



The common house Span-ow cveiywhcre to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal, 

 its range extending soutliward to the JIalay countries, and eastward to China and 

 Japan, Formosa, and the Philippines (Blyth). 



EMBERIZINiE. 



The Buntings form a considerable group of birds distrilnited in all parts of the 

 world save Australia. They are terrestrial in their habits, and construct neat cup- 

 shaped nests on the ground or in low Imshcs, and lay coloured eggs, peculiarly 

 lineated and spotted. They are poorly represented in India. 



Emberiza fucata, Pall. Toung-ngoo. Thayet-myo. 



A winter visitant only. 



