332 PLOCEID^. 



/. Ad. sk. Malabar Coast. Hume Coll. 



g, h. Ad. sk. Coorg. Tweeddale Coll. 



t. J ad. sk. Bangalore, Sept. 22, 1874 Hume Coll. 



(F. Cuiissynaker). 



k. c? ad. sk. Baugalore, Sept. '22, 1874 MajorC. T.Bingham 



(F. Couss maker). [P.]. 



In-u. cJ ad. sk. Madras, March. Hume Coll. 



V. Ad. sk. Madras {T. C. Jerdon). Gould Coll. 



IV. (S ad. sk. Pothanore, Oct. 24 {A. G. It. Huuie Coll. 



Theobald). 



X. Ad. sk. Mysore (F. Day). India Mus. 



y-f. c? ad. etjuv. ; Belgaum, July-Uct. {E. A. Hume CoU. 



g'-l . 2 ad. sk. Butler), 



m. 5 ad. sk. Buudara district, Central Pro- Hume Coll. 



■vinces, July (F. Blewitt). 



n, d. Ad.sk. Raipur, July {F. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



I)' . Ad. sk. Tndia. Riocour Coll. 



-i. Munia ferruginosa. 



Loxia ferruginosa, Sjxirrm. Mus. Carls, fasc. iy. pis. 90, 91 (1789); 



Sundev. Vrit. om Sparrtn. p. 14 (1857). 

 Frinfilla maja {nee Linn.), Morsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 162 



(1S20). 

 Fringilla maianoides, Te7nm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 500. fig. 3 (1830). 

 Amadina ferrugiuea. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849). 

 Munia ferruginosa, Blyt/i, Cat. B. Mus. As. Sue. p. 116 (18J9) ; 



lieichenb. Singv. p. 4l, pi. xv. figs. 134,135(1861); Nicholson, 



Ibis, 1881, p. 152; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xliv. 



p. 219 (1885). 

 Munia ferrugiuea, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 451 (18-50). 

 Dermophrys ferrugiuea, Cab. Mus. Ilein. i. p. 174, note (1850). 

 Amadiua ferruginosa. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 54, no. 6756 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to M. maja, but very much deeper chestnut, 

 and distinguished by its entirely black throat and fore neck ; 

 remainder of under surface of body deep maroon, the centre of the 

 breast, abdomen, thighs, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts black : 

 " iris black" {H. 0. Forbes). Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 2-05, tail 1"3, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. Java. 



a. Ad. sk. Java {Dr. Ilorsfeld). India Museum. 



h, c. Ad. sk. Java. . Tweeddale Coll. 



d, e. J ad. sk. Batavia, Feb. 23 {S. O. Forbes). Forbes Coll. 



5. Munia maja. 



Malacca Grosbeak, Edwards, Gleanings, ii. p. 202, pi. 306. fig. 1 



(1760). 

 Le Maia de la Chine, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 212, pi. ix. fig. 2 (1760) ; 



Daubent. PL Enl. iv. pi. 109. tig. 1. 

 Loxia maja, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 301 (1766) ; G?n. Syst. Nat. p. 849 



(1788). 

 Le Maian, Month Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 107 (1778); Vieill. Ois. 



Chant, p. 87, pi. 56(1805). 

 White-headed Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syu. ii. pt. i. p. 151 (178.3). 



