MUNIA BRUNNEICEPS. 

 THE CELEBEAN MUNIA. 



PLATE VI. (Fig. 2). 



Donacola atricapilla, pt., Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 171. 



Mimia brumieiceps, Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. 1872, p. 73, pi. ix. 



fig. 1. 

 Munia jagori, Meyer, Journ. fiir Ornith. 1873, p. 405. 

 Munia brumieiceps, Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. 1875, p. 207. 

 Munia irunneiceps, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. 1875, pp. 6(j(), 



667. 

 Munia jagori, Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 132. 

 Munia brunneiceps, Salvad. Ornit. Papuasia, p. 438 (1881). 

 Munia brunneiceps, Blasius, Journ. flir Ornith. 1883, p. 138. 



Figure. Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1872, pi. ix. fig. 1. 

 Habitat, Celebes. 



Male. " Head, chin, throat, and breast brown ; abdominal stripe, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts black ; remainder of plumage dark chestnut ; wing two inches " {Tweeddale). 



Female. " Head and nape of a lighter and less decided shade of brown " {Tweeddale). 



Young. Similar to those of Munia atricapilla, but smaller 



Observ. The black mesial stripe in this species forms an almost unbroken narrow line, from 

 the upper part of the breast to the under tail-coverts. 



In ' The Ibis ' for 1870, Mr. E. Blyth called attention to various forms 

 of the Black-headed Munias, which he found in the Leyden Museum and 



