32. MUsiA. 331 



Giosbec de Java dit de Jacobin, Dauhent. PL Enl. iv. pi. 130. fig. 3. 



Loxia jacobin, P. Z. <S'. Mull. S. X., Anhang, p. 151 (1776); Cass. 

 Proc. PhUad. Acad. Ib64, p. -Ib-I. 



Malacca Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 140 (1783). 



Coccotbraustes malacca, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 532 

 (1817). 



Spermestes malacca, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 27 (1840). 



Amadina malacca, 8trickl. P. Z. S. 1842, p. 167 ; Bli/th, J. A. S. B. 

 XV. pp. 36, 285 (1846) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849) ; Kelaart, 

 Prodi:, App. p. 125 (1852) ; Layard, Ann. Sf May. Xat. Hist. (2) 

 xiii. p. 258 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 54, no. 6758 (1870) ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 107 ; Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 60 

 (1880) ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 71 (1880) ; Davison, Str. F. x. p. 402 

 (1883) ; Taijlor, t. c. p. 462 (1887) ; Terry, t. c. p. 478 (1887). 



Munia malacca, Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. 8oc. p. 116 (1849); Bp. 

 Consp. Av._ i. p. 452 (pt.) (1850) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. 

 Co. Mus. ii. p. .507 (1856) ; Reichenb. Sinqv. p. 39, pi. xiv. fio-s. 121, 

 122 (1861) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 352 (1863) ; Holdsu: P. Z. S. 

 1872, p. 464 ; Hume, Xests S,- Eggs Lid. B. p. 443 (1873) ; Salvad. 

 Ucc. Born. p. 206 (1874) ; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 39 (1878) ; Ball, 

 t. c. p. 222; Legge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 652 (1879); Bartlett, 

 Mmiogr. Weaver-B. pt. iii. (1889). 



Dermopbrys malacca. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 174 (1850). 



Spermestes braccata, Licht. Xomencl. Av. p. 49 (1854). 



Spermestes malaccensis, Russ, Stuhenv. p. 169, Taf. vi. fig. 31 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above chestnut, deepening towards 

 the lower back and rump aud upi)er tail-coverts, which are maroon, 

 with a wash of golden on the latter ; wing-coverts like the back ; 

 quills dusk}- brown, edged externally with chestnut : tail-feathers 

 dusky brown, externally golden orange ; head all round, throat, and 

 chest black ; remainder of under surface of body white, the centre 

 of the breast, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts black ; under 

 wing-coveits white, mottled with chestnut along the edge of the 

 wing ; quills dusky brown below, ashy rufous along the inner edge 

 of the wing : " bill pale lavender ; feet leaden blue ; iris dark brown." 

 Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 0-4.5, wing 2-2, tail 1-35, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 4-1 inches, 

 culmen 0"45, wing 2-1. tail 1-25, tarsus 0'65. 



As far as I can judge there is no seasonal cbange of plumage in 

 this species, though some specimens show a few dusky or blackish 

 edgings to some of the white feathers of the breast adjoining the 

 black abdomen. 



Young. Eeddish brown, the head more dusky brown ; wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills dusky, externally reddish brown ; tail- 

 feathers dark broM'n ; sides of head dusky brown, as also the cheeks ; 

 under surface of body isabelline buff, more ashy on the throat and 

 whiter on the chin. 



Hab. Southern and Central India, and Ceylon. 



