154 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1956 



Scientific name Common name Number 



Pycnonotidae : 



Pycnonotus leucogenys White-cheeked bulbul 1 



Mimidae: 



Mimus polyglottos Mockingbird 1 



Mimus pclygloltos leucopterus Western mockingbird 1 



Turdidae: 



Geokichla citrina Orange-headed ground thrush 1 



Platycichila flavipes Yellow-footed thrush 1 



Thamnolaea cinnemomeiventris Cliff chats 2 



Turdus migratorius \ ... . ". 



Sturnidae: 



Acridotheres tristis Jungle mynah 1 



Gracula religiosa Hill mynah 2 



Gracula religiosa indica Lesser hill mynah 2 



Lamprocolius purpureus Burchell's glossy starling 3 



Spreo superfais Tricolored or superb starling 1 



Sturnia malabarica Gray-headed mynah 1 



Sturnus vulgaris Starling 1 



Ploceidae: 



Aidemosyne modesta Plum-headed finch 1 



Amadina fasciata Cut-throat weaver finch 11 



Cayleyna picta Painted finch 1 



Diatropura procne Giant whydah 5 



Estrilda amandava Strawberry finch 2 



Estrilda angolensis Cordon bleu finch 4 



Estrilda astrild Red-eared waxbill 1 



Estrilda cinerea Common waxbill 4 



Estrilda melpoda Orange-cheeked waxbill 7 



Estrilda senegala Fire finch 1 



Euplectes afra Yellow-crowned bishop weaver 14 



Euplectes orix Red bishop weaver 7 



Lonchura leucogastroides Bengali finch 4 



Lonchura maja White-headed nun 25 



Lonchura malacca Black-throated munia 2 



Lonchura punctulaia Spice finch 1 



Padda oryzivora Java finch 3 



Ploceipasser mahali Mahali weaver 1 



Ploceus baya Baya weaver 14 



Ploceus vitcllinus Vitelline masked weaver 3 



Poephila acuticauda Shaft-tailed finch 2 



p ... ... fGouldian finch 1 



P g [Black-headed Gouldian finch 4 



Poephila guttata castanotis Zebra finch 41 



Poephila ruficauda Star finch 1 



Quelea quelea Red-billed weaver 1 



Steganopleura bichenovii Bicheno's finch 3 



Steganuara paradisea Paradise whydah 11 



Icteridae: 



Agelaius icterocephalus Yellow-headed marshbird 1 



Icterus giraudi Giraud's oriole 1 



Icterus icterus Troupial 2 



