MUNIA FORBESI. 

 FORBES'S MUNIA. 



PLATE VIII. (Fig. 2). 



Munia forhesi, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, pp. 447, 449, pi. xxxvii. 



fig. 3. 

 Munia forbesi, Reichnw. et Schal. Journ. fiir Ornith. 1880, p. 203. 

 Munia forhesi, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. 1880, p. 192. 

 Munia forbesi, Salvadori, Ornit. Papuasia, p. 438 (1881). 



Figure. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, pi. xxxvii. fig. 3. 



Habitat. New Ireland. 



" Testaceo-rufa, subtus panlo dilutior ; capite nndique cum gula, hypo- 

 cliondriis et ventre imo cum f'emoribus et cauda3 tectricibus pro- 

 ductis nigris ; rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 4, ahv 2, caudte 

 acumiuatfB I'o ; rostro crassiuscido " (P. L. Sriatej-). 



Male. Head and chin black ; back, wings, and tail-feathers chestnut-brown, darkest on 

 the primaries ; rump and upper tail-coverts glistening ferruginous, centre tail-feathers 

 and outer edges of the rest glistening pale ferruginous ; throat and under-parts bright 

 rufous ; ventral patch and under tail- coverts black ; axillaries and under surface of wing 

 pale fulvous; iris hazel brown; bill and feet slaty-black : "length 40, wing 20, tail 

 1-5" (F. L. Sclater). 



FoRBEs's Munia is another well-marked species of this group of thick- 

 billed Weavers, and was discovered in New Ireland by the Rev. G. Brown, 

 who has not given us any details respecting the habits and nidification. 

 Mr. P. L. Sclater described and figured the species in the ' Proceedings 



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