334 PLOcEid, 



/', m'. S ad. sk. Gunong Piilai, Jahore, March, Hume Coll. 



July (Ti^. D.). 

 n'-q'. 2 ad. etjuv.; Singapore, Sept. (W. D.). Hume Coll. 



r'-v'. (S ad. et 



6. Munia atricapilla*. 



Loxia atricapilla, Vieill. Ois. Chant, p. 84, pi. 53 (1805). 

 Coccothraustes atricapilla, Vieill. N. Diet. cVHist. Nat. xiii. p. 534 



Munia rubronigra, Hodgs. Asiat. Researches, xix. p. 153 (1836) ; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 116 (1849); Horsf. <^ Moore, Cat. 



B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 507 (1856) ; Reichenb. Siiigv. p. 39 (1861) ; 



Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 253 (1863) ; Godicia-Austen, J. A. S. Beng. 



xxxix. p. 110 (1870); Stoliczka, t. c. p. 329; Walden, Ibis, 1871, 



p. 177 ; Holdsxe. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 464 ; Latjard, P. Z. S. 1673, 



p. 205 ; Blyth S,- Wald. B. Burm. p. 92 (1876) ; Hume, Str. F. v. 



p. 39 (1877) : Oafes, t. c. p. 160 (1877) ; Himie (^ Davison, Str. F. 



vi. p. 401 (1878); Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 222; Cri}}ps, t. c. p. 293; 



Leqqe, B. Ceylon, p. 652, note (1879) ; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 193 



(1880). 

 Lonchura melanocephala, McCIell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 163. 

 Spermestes melanocephala, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, 



pi. 307. fiffs. 4, 5 (uos. 322, 323) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 



(1844) ; Blyth, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 166 (1843). 

 Munia malacca, Gray, Cat. Blamm. ^-c. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 106 



(1846). 

 Munia sinensis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 444 ; Reichenb. Singv. p. 39, 



Taf. xiv. figs. 123, 124(1861); Swi7^h. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 385; 



Davids,- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 343 (1877). 

 Donacola atricapilla, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 171. 

 Amadina atricapilla, Gray, Handel. B. ii. p. 54, no. 6759 (1870) ; 



Hume, SYr. F. viii. p. 66 (1879) ; Oat.es, Handb. B. Brit. B. i. 



p. 366 (1883). 

 Munia atricapilla, Hume, Nests 4' Eggs Ind. B. p. 444 (1873) ; id. 



Str. F. ii. p. 481 (1874), iii. p. 155 (it>75) ; Anderson, Zool. E.vped. 



* It is possible that the ' Chinese Sparrow ' of Edwards is also intended for 

 the present species ; but Edwards's figure is inaceui-ate, tlie under tail-coverts 

 beine represented as chestnut. The name, too, is misleading. 



The Chinese Sparrow, Edwards, Xat. Hi^'t. B. i. p. 43, pi. 43 (1743). 



Le Grosbee de la Chine, Biis.^. Oni. iii, p. 23.t (1760). 



Loxia nialacoa, var. (i, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 302 (1788). 



Amadina sinensis, Gray. Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849) ; id. Hatid-L B. ii. p. 54, 



no. 6760 (1870). 

 Munia malacca. pt., Bp. Consp. i. p. 452 (1850). 



