31. SPOR^GINTHUS. 32,S 



^''S'. 2 ad ■ sk "'' ^°°''"°'' ^'P*-' °^^' ^ ^- ^- ^^- ^O- Tweeddale Cull. 



o\ p*. d; q*. ? Coonoor, Jan. 24, April {W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



ad. SK. son). 



r\ d ad. sk. Coonoor, Oct. 18. W. Davison, 



t,u. cS ad. sk. Saigon, Cochin China, Jan. (S, Tweeddale Coll 



Pimcill). 

 v\ w\ .f* c?; y\ Singapore Island, Oct. ( W. D.). Hume Coll 



2 . 2 ad. sk. 

 «^ 6S c^. Ad. sk. Java (i).-. Horsfeld). Lidia Museum. 



(Types of JE. punicea.) 



2. Spora9ginthus flavidiventris. 



Estrelda flavidoventris, Wall P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 486, 495; Gray 



?i87«r 7? ' ^?'*'-*-<'".' ^^y^./o«/. £•./;«/. Yun-nan, Aves,'^. 600 



^ri 7 oiA ■^"'"'^ ^' -0«'«*w*. '^''•- ^- VI. p. 406 (1878): Hume Sfr 



F. 1879, p. 107 ; id. Sfr. F. 1880, ix. p. 118. ^ ' ' 



Estrelda amaudava (i-iec L.), Oates, Sti: F. 1875 p M2 



Estrelda burmanica, Hume, Str. F. 1876, p.' 484- 'Arm^fr t r 



p. 336 ; Oate.,, Str. F. 1877, p. im. ^ ' ' *■ ^' 



Astrilda amandava (nee L.), Bli/th, B. Burm. p. 93 (1875) 



Estrilda punicea (nee Horsf.), dates, B. Br. Burm. i. p 371 (1883V 



Reid, Cat. Lucknoio Mus. p. 130 (1887). ^ ' ' 



Adult male. Yery similar to S. amandava, but without the black 

 belly, this part being bright ochreous yellow : " bill deep red the 

 posterior half of culmen black; legs flesh-colour; claws horny- iris 

 crimson: ey-elidspurpurascent; inside of mouth salmon-colour'' 

 (A W Oates). Total length 3-7 inches, culmen 0-35, win<^ 2-] 5 

 tail 1-2, tarsus 0-45. ' ° ^^> 



Adult female. Differs from the male exactly as does the female 

 ot A. amandava. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1-75 tail 

 -L'o, t&rsus Uo, 



Mab. Burma and Tenasserim ; islands of Flores and Timor. 

 a, b. Ad. sk. Sanda Valley, May, July. Dr. J. Anderson 



rc 1 



c,d d;e. 2 ad. Tsitkau, Upper Bunmh, F«b. 7. Dr. ^ Anderson 



SK. |-p -, 



■^"uv'^sk ''^' *"* ^^^' ^^''''''^~^'"'- <-^- ^'- ^■)- Oates Coll. 



t. d ad. sk. Pegu, July (F. jr. O.). Tweeddale Cnll 



"' a'd."sk.^ ' "• ^ '''°"' '''^' •'^'^' ^"^- ^^- ^^ • ^•>- F- l>etS ^ 



y. d ad. sk. Elephant Point, Jan. 1 (J. Arm- Hume Coll 



« .r ad ,k C5-!f'"^Vi, 7. „„ (Typeof^.Wm«;«-.a.) 



«. c? ad.sk. Sittang\ alley, Dec. 28 (B. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



rr . jx.). 



«', 6', c'.p ad. sk. Thatone, Fob., Nov. ( W. Davison). Hume Coll 

 '^.'iJ.k'' ^^°"^- Wallace C;il. 



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