32. 



339 



«. Ad. sk. N. Celebes. Tweeddal^ Poll 



l>,c. 6 2 ad. sk. Makassar. ^^Ikce CoU 



/• J u^ . .k. Labuan {Sir H. Low). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



9, h. Ad. sk. Lawas River, N. W. Borneo H. ^^Vdtch, Esq 

 . m . Btirhidge). rp 1 ^ 



A Ad*V Sarawak, Borueo. Wallace CoU. 



K. Ad. sk. Banjermassiog (J. J/o</.y). Tweeddale Coll. 



9. Miinia quinticolor. 

 Loxia quinticolor, VieiU. Ois. Chant, pi. U (1805) 

 Coccothraustes quinticolor, VieiU. N. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 538 



Amadina ^^^^f^^olov Grmj Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849) ; Finsch, Xeu- 

 Gmnea, p. L6 (I860, pt.) j Gra;/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 56, no! 6783 



Munia quinticolor, Bp. Comp. i. p. 451 (1850) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863. 

 p. 400 (pt.). ' 



^'(imS)''' '1'""*'''°^°'' ^"'c^'^"^- ^^»ffv- p. 48, Taf. xvii. fig. 165 



Adidt. General colour above clear chestnut or bay, with indistinct 

 hoary margms to the feathers; rump and upper tail-coverts glossy 

 golden yeUow ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back • re- 

 mainder ot wing-coverts and quills dusky brown, externally dull chest- 

 nut ; tail-feathers dusky brown, the centre feathers edged with straw- 



h^ndn' l7f'i '^''*''^* °^ ^^' ^"■'g^"^' ^^°^" of head and 

 hind neck dusky brown, with hoary margins; forehead, lores, sides 

 ot face, and ear-coverts chestnut, the cheeks and ear-coverts with 

 whitish shatt-lnies ; throat maroon-chestnut, becoming blacker on 

 the lower throat; remainder of under surface of body from the fore 

 neck downwards white: sides of lower back, thighs, and under 

 ttn^T^ff 't' '^?'"'' ^"^ ""'^'^^ wing-coverts white with a 

 «X ?r"' n'' ^^^.1°^^^ coverts dusky brown like the under 



lotdl length 4-0 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-15, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-65 

 Another specimen shows none of the pale hoary margins to the" 



plumage only.' "''" '''''°'' '"'^ '''''' ^^^ ^^ ^' ^»- °' --«-l 

 Mab. Timor and Tlores. 



/ Ad sk' '^' '■ ^^^' '^- ?•• '^'r':. x> r "^'^^^^'^ Coll. 



•; td sk ^•"'°' H- ^- ^f^"''''')- Clould Coll. 



f' / Ad sk -^r°' (^- ^- ^«^^«^«)- SeebohmColl. 



' '■ ^"^^ '^- I^loi-es-' Wallace CoU. 



10. Munia wallacii. 



Munia quinticolor, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 (pt ) 

 Amadiua quinticolor {nee V.), Finsch, Neu-Guinea,^. 176 (1865, pt.). 

 Adult male. Similar to .1/. ^,uH</oo/oy, but with the rumn and 

 upper tail-coverts glossy maroon, not yellow : "bill and feet pale 



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