MUNIA F use AT A. 

 THE BROWN PADDA. 



PLATE III. 



Loxia fiiscata, Yieill. Ois. Chant, p. 95. pi. Ixii. (1805). 

 Coccothraustes fuscata, Yieill. Nouv. Diet. xiii. p. 545 (1817). 

 Coccothraiistes fuscata, Vieill. Eneycl. Metli. p. 1015 (1823). 

 Loxia fuscata, GrifF. Cuv. Anim. Kingd. Aves, ii. p. 153. pt. (1829). 

 Amadina fuscata, Gray et Mitch. Gen. Birds, ii. p. 369 (1849). 

 Munia fuscata, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. p. 451 (1850). 

 Oryzornis fiiscata, Cab. et Hein. Mas. Hein. i. p. 174 (1851). 

 Padda fuscata, Reichb. Singvcigel, p. 43. ^\. xv. fig. 140 (1861). 

 Munia fuscata. Wall. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 486. 

 Amadina fuscata. Gray, Hand-List Birds, ii. p. 55 (1870). 

 Padda fuscata, Salvad. Uccelli di Born. p. 264 (1874). 

 Spermestes fuscata, Russ, Stubenvogel, p. 142 (1879). 

 Padda fuscata, Legge, Birds Cey. p. 647 (1880). 



Figui'cs, Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. Ixii. Reichb. Singvogel, pi. xv. 

 fig. 140 



English. The Brown Java Sparrow. Brown Padda. Bi-own Grosbeak. 

 French. Le Padda Brun. Le Gros-bec-Padda Brun. 

 German. Der braune Padda. Die braune Reisamadine. 



Habitat. Java ?, Borneo, Molucca, and Timor. 



Adult. Forehead, crown, nape of neck, upper tail-coverts, tail, chin, and narrow band 

 across the lower part of breast very dark chocolate-brown, inSlimng to black ; primaries 

 dull black, tinged with chocolate-brown ; whole of back, greater wing-coverts, secondaries, 

 and breast brighter chocolate-brown ; cheeks and ear-coverts, belly, sides, and under 



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