32. MUNiA. 329 



Ibis, 1870, p. 100; S^v^nh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 385; Wald. Tr. Z. S. 



viii. p. 72 (1872) ; Hume, Nesfs S^- Egqs Lid. B. p. 454 (1873) ; 



Smker,J. f. O. 1874, p. 19; Salvad. 't'cc. Born. p. 203 (1874); 



Wakhn, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 207 (1875) ; Tiveedd. Ibio, 1877, p. 317; 



Drivid ^- OusfAd. Ois. Chine, p. 344(1877); Legge, Birds of Ceylon, 



p. 646(1879); Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 132; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 344; Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 153 ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. 



Nederl. Ind. xliv. p. 222 (1885), xlvi. p. 87 (1887). 

 Pcadda verecunda, Eeichenb. Singv. p. 41, Taf. xv. fig. 133 (1861). 

 Oryzivoia leucotis, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 359 (1863). 

 Speimestea ovyzivora, Euss, Stubenv. p. 136, Taf. viii. fig. 33 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above delicate blue-grey ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts black : wiug-coverts like the back ; 

 bastard -wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, narrowly edged with 

 grey, the inner secondaries entirely blue-grey, like the back ; tail- 

 feathers black ; crown of head glossy black as far as the nape, where 

 the black is sharply defined ; lores and eyelid black ; sides of face, 

 ear-coverts, and cheeks pure white, forming a large patch, which is 

 girt by a narrow black line ; chin and upper throat black ; re- 

 mainder of throat, sides of neck, fore neck, and breast delicate blue- 

 grey ; abdomen, sides of bodj-, and flanks clear vinous ; thighs and 

 under tail-coverts white, with a slight tinge of vinous ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries pale vinous, the edge of the wing blue-grey ; 

 quills below ashy, paler along the inner edge : " bill and eyelid rosy 

 pink, shading to a delicate rosy white towards the tip ; feet pale 

 pink ; iris dull lake " ( W. Davison). Total length 5-4 inches, cul- 

 men 0'65, wing 2-65, tail 1"9, tarsus O'T. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 5-4 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 2-65, tail 1-75, tarsus O'T. 



Bab. Java, Sumatra, and Malacca. Introduced into many other 

 countries. 



a. Ad. sk. Japan. Goidd CoU. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Cochin China. M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Tenasserim. J. C. D. Packman, Esq. 



[P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Malacca (Cantor). India Museum. 

 /-/. J; m-t. 2 Singapore Island, Jan., Hume CoU. 



ad. sk. Peb., Aug., Sept. ( W. 



Daiison). 



u. Ad. ; V, w. Juv. Java. Tweeddale Coil. 



sk. 



X. (S ad. sk. E. Java. Wallace Coll. 



y. Ad. sk. Java {Ilorsfield). India Mas. 



s. Juv. sk. Lain pong, Sumatra (E. Tweeddale Coll. 



C Bu.cton). 



a', b'. (S ad. ; c . 2 Lombock. Wallace Coll. 



juv. sk. 



d'. Ad. sk. Labuan. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



e'. Ad. sk. Labuan {H. Low). Tweeddale Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Banjermassing, Borneo Wallace Coll. 



( J. Motley), 

 g', h', i'. Ad. sk. Manila, Luzon, Sept. Tweeddale Coll. 



{Maitlund-Heriot). 



