102 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAl. MUSEUM. vol.64. 



The original description is as follows : 



Similar to Munia punctulata cabanisi of the Philippines, but darker above, 

 the closed wing outwardly deeper more rusty brown, the throat and cheeks 

 deeper brown, especially on sides of face and lores, the barring on the breast 

 and flanks much coarser and darker brown. Wing, 50.5; tail, 40; culmen, 

 11 mm. 



The type is an adult male from Kano Lindoe, March 15, 1917 

 (U. S. National Musuem, No. 251332). 



This is the bird described as Munia. punctuldta nisoria by Meyer and Wigles- 

 worth,"" but they could hardly have compared specimens from Celebes with 

 those from Java, or they certainly would have seen how different they are. 

 The Javan bird has the rump barred with white and the tail gray above, 

 while the Celebes form has the rump unbarred and the tail huffy citrine ; 

 the latter race is also darker above and on the throat, with the white of the 

 belly more restricted, and is smaller. 



Walden " had noticed the difference between the color of the tails of 

 the Java race and that of the only specimen he had from Celebes. Strese- 

 mann " has indicated the Celebes bird as probably a distinct form, but did 

 not name it, probably because his series was inadequate. As a mater of fact, 

 in size and in the color of back and tail, the Celebes bird approaches the 

 Philippine form, but in the coarser markings of the breast and flanks it more 

 closely resembles Javan specimens. It is perfectly distinct from either and 

 well merits recognition. 



Two female specimens (Nos. 252529 and 252530) from Napoe have 

 slight grayish bars on the rump but nothing like the coarse white 

 bars of Munia punctulata nisona. 



In the original description only the measurement of the type was 

 given. The four adult males measure as follows: Wing, 50-51 

 (50.5) ; tail, 36.5-40 (38.7) ; culmen, 11-11.5 (11.1) ; and the three 

 adult females: Wing, 48-52 (50) ; tail, 36.5-39 (37.8) ; culmen, 10.5- 

 11 (10.7). 



The immature is buffy brown above and a light wood brown to 

 cinnamon-buff below. A young male (Rano Lindoe, March 24, No. 

 251336), just beginning to molt into the adult plumage, has a few 

 new feathers appearing on the mantle and on the throat and chest. 

 An immature female (Gimpoe, Aug. 20, No. 252531) has almost as- 

 sumed the adult plumage, except for the crown and some of the 

 feathers on the throat, so it would appear that the adult plumage 

 is assumed the first year and that the breeding season is irregular. 



190. MUNIA MOLUCCA MOLUCCA (Linnaeus). 



A good series of both sexes and iramatures from: Kapas Bay, 

 November 23, 1914; Toli Toli, December 9-18, 1914; Tandjong Pen- 

 so Birds of Celebes, vol. 2, 1898. p. 548. 

 »» Tr. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. S, 1872, p. 73. 

 " Nov. Zool., vol. 19, 1912, p. 317. 



