32. MUNiA. 345 



blackish brown, the centre ones golden towards the ends, like the 



Mow the ^e ^I'f^^ ^T. '' '^'' ^''''^'''' lo^-andfeafhe 

 belou the eje, eyelid, and forepart of cheeks black; ear-coverts 

 hoary grey hke the head, a shade of the same colour o;erspreadin' 

 the hinder cheeks ; throat and entire under surface of body velvet? 

 back; under wing-coverts pale tawny buff, the edge of the wing 



' b 11 ^n'd tt r ?'''"^' Pf 'f, '^""^ ^"^ ^^-^g ^he inner e^e : 

 _ bill and feet black, ins dark" (0. Fhisch). Total len-th ^^-5 

 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2, tail Mo, tarsus 0-6. " 



_ Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total leneth S-5 

 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1-9, tail 1-2, tarsus 0-55. ^ 



rouug. Erown, without any of the chestnut on the rump and 



head '1'^ 'f ; '^^^?' r'^^'^''^'^"^ °^ S'^y ^^-^ ^^i there on Te 

 head; sides efface, cheeks, throat, and chest dark chocolate-brown 

 the breast and abdomen isabelline buff. 

 ffab. New Ireland. 



a, /a d ? ad. ; c. $ juv. sk. New Ireland. Dr. O. Finsch [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 



18. Munia caniceps. 



^^(?876f ""*''^^'' "'"''■' ^'''"'"i^' P'-'"^- ^"'«- Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 39.3 

 Munia caniceps, Sakad. Ann. Mas. Genov. ix. p. .38 (1876) • Shame 



ooc. i\^. n . 111. p. 289 (18/9); td. op. at. iv. p. 100 (1879) 

 Donacicola caniceps, Sahad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xvi. p. 192 (1880) • 

 id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 4.39 (1881). ^ <.^° "^ . 



wilf ^'ln^'"'I^^ f°^°"'^^°^' ^^'^ chocolate-brown, including the 

 wings; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts bright golden 

 orange, me uding the two middle tail-feathers, the latter with dark- 

 ^Zn T^7= --r^- of tail-feathers blackish, edged M^th 

 golden ; head and neck all round, including the throa , light ashy 



bodvT\^T' ^'''''''^ '''^^''''' '' -^" - '^^ sides of thJ 

 body smoky brown ; centre of breast, abdomen, thighs and under 



etbSord ,' under wing coverts light tawV bfiff ': '' JiU Id 

 teet black or dark ashy ; ins black » {D' Albertis). Total len-th 3-5 

 inches culmen 0-4, wing 1-95, tail 1-2, tarsus 0-6. " 



Mab. bouth-eastern New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



19. Munia flaviprymna. 

 Donacola flaviprymna, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845. p. 80 ; >d B Austr 



^^lr;. 5^rs (S%f ^"- ^- -• p- ''' ^''''^■' ^^•^«'^^- 



Dermophrys flaviprymna, Cab. J/,«. ffein. Th. i. p. 174, note (1850). 



