MUNIA FORMOSANA. 

 THE FORMOSAN MUNIA. 



PLATE VI. (Figs. 3, 4). 



Munia formosana, Swinh. Ibis, 1865, p. 356. 

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

 3Iunia fonnosana, Swinh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 385. 

 Munia formosana. Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 667. 

 Munia formosana, Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 207. 

 Munia formosana, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 342 (1877). 

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



Habifat. Island of Formosa. 



" Siinilis M. rubronigroe, sed occipite nuchaque fuscis nee nigris " 

 (^Swinlioe). 



Male. " Above, sides of the breast and flanks cliestnut ; forehead, face, and under-parts 

 deep black, the former fading into brown on the occiput and nape ; lower rump deep 

 glossy maroon ; upper tail-coverts and two central tail-feathers flammeous, remaining 

 tail-feathers light hair-brown, washed and edged with chestnut ; axillaries and basal 

 edge of under-quills pale buff, the under-stems white ; edges of carpus beneath chestnut, 

 marked with black ; the chestnut on the breast forms a narrow belt ; irides deep rich 

 brown ; bill cobalt-blue, deeper on the culmen and gonys ; legs and claws plumbeous, 

 with light yellowish soles and bases: length 4-25, wing 2-12, tail 1-5 inches'' 

 . (Swinhoe). 



Female. Similar, but rather paler. 



immature. " Above light yellowish-brown, washed with chestnut on every part except the 

 head ; under-parts pale dingy buff" (Swinhoe). 



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