338 PLOCEID^. 



r. c? ad. sk. Butiian, N. Mindanao, May Tweeddale Coll. 



(A. H. E.). 

 s, t. (S 2 ^d. sk. Placer, S. Mindanao, July Tweeddale Coll. 



(A. H. E.). 

 u. V. (J 2 ^d. sk. Zamboanga, Mindanao. Voy. H.JI.S. ' Chal- 



lenger.' 

 (/•, .r, y. (^ ad. et Zamboaug-a, Marcb (A. II. E.). Tweeddale Coll. 

 imm. ; z. $ ad. 

 sk. 

 «'. S ad.sk. Taguso, Palawan, July. J. Whitehead, Esq. 



8. Munia formosana. 



Mnnia foraiosana, Stcinh. Ibis, 1865, p. 366 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 886 ; 

 IVahlen, Tra7is. Z. S. ix. p. 207 (1877) ; David. ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 342 (1877) ; Sahud. Orn. Fajntasia etc. ii. p. 438, note (1881). 

 Amadina formosana, G7-at/, Hand-l, B. ii. p. 55, no. 6764 (1870). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to M. atricapilla but duller 

 chestnut, perfectly uniform above, the black on the belly very much 

 extended, so as to leave only a little chestnut between the throat and 

 the black of the breast, but especially distinguished by its smoky- 

 brown head and neck, the fore part of the crown and sides of face 

 being blacker : " bill cobalt^blue, deeper on the culmen and gonys ; 

 i'eet and claws plumbeous, with light yellowish solos and bases ; iris 

 deep rich brown " (It. SwinJioe). Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 

 0-45, wing 1-9, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-6. 



Bab. Island of Formosa. 



a,b. Ad.etjuv.sk. Formosa. (S. Swinhoe). Tweeddale Coll.. 



c-h. Ad.etjuv.sk. Formosa, Jan., Feb. (H. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



I-/. Ad. sk. Takow, Formosa, Mai eh (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



in. Ad. sk. Takow, March (i?. S.). Tweeddale Coll. 



H. Ad.; 0,2^- Ji-iv- Takow, March {It. S.). Seebohm Cull, 



sk. (Types of species.) 



Subsp. a. Munia brunneiceps. 



P Amadina sinensis, Mutl. ^- Dillw. Nat. Hist. Labuan, p. 26, pi. 6 



(1855) *. 

 Munia malacca {nee L.), Scl. F. Z. S. 1863, p. 219. 

 Munia brunneiceps, Waldeti, Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 73, pi. ix.fig. 1 (1872). 

 Munia atricapilla {nee 7'.), Sahad. Ucc. Born. p. 205 (1874). 



Adult. Similar to M. atricapilla, and apparently without any grey 

 mottling on the back, the black on the belly strongly marked and 

 reaching so far up as to leave only a narrow chestnut band between 

 it and the black of the throat ; the head is sooty black or dusky 

 chocolate, slightly browner on the hinder head and nape. Total 

 length 3-9 inches, culmen 0"45, wing 1-9, tail 1'2, tarsus 0"6. 



Hub. Borneo and Celebes. 



* Although the Bornean specimens examined by me are clearly M. brtnineiceps, 

 the specimen figured by Wolf on the plate quoted is apparently true M. 

 atricapilla. 



