32. MUNIA. 



351 



extended in M. snlunchdata. In Pegu the birda have a great deal 

 more yellow on the rump and tail, and show a decided approach to 

 M. punctulata ; but the chestnut on the throat is still restricted 

 and the bars on the flanks are narrow. 



Bab. From Cachar to Manipur, Burmah, and Teuasserim, east- 

 wards to Cochin China. 



a, b. cJ ad. ; c, d, 

 e,f. Imm. sk. 



9-n. c? 2 ad. ; o. 

 Juv. sk. 



p. (S ad. sk. 



q, r. Ad. sk. 



s-y. c? ad. at juv. 



sk. ; z-ff' . 5 ad. 



et juv. sk. 

 h', {', k' . cT ad. et 



juv.; I'-p'. 5 ad. 



et juv. sk. 

 q'. Ad. sk. 

 r'. Ad. sk. 

 «', t' . Ad. et niv. 



sk. ^ 



u', v', w'. 2 ad. sk. 

 ■^'S y'- 6 2 ad. sk. 

 z'. 2 ad. sk. 



a", b". cJ ad. sk. 



c". (S ad. ; d"-k". 



2 ad. et juv. sk. 

 i", k". c5' ad. sk. 



I". 2 ad. sk. 

 wt", «". c? ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 o". (5 ad. sk. 



p''. Imm. sk. 



Dibrughur, Assam, May, July, Ilume Coll. 



Oct. (J. K Cripps). 



Cachar, March, April, July, Hume Coll. 



Sept., Oct. (/. In(/lis). "(Types of 31. hiffliti.) 



Cachar, March (J. Inff/is). Forbes Coll. 



Manipur {IT. If. Godwin-Aus- Tweeddale ColL 



ten). 



Manipur, Feb.-April (.4. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Tonghoo, Feb., April, May, Oct. Tweeddale ColL 

 {R. G. W. It.). 



Tonghoo (Col. Lloyd). 

 Rangoon, June {li. G. W. R.). 

 Basseiu, Pegu. 



Pegu, Jul}"^, Aug. 



Pegu, Aug. 



Kaukaryit, Teuasserim, Sept. 12 



(/. Darling). 

 Schouay Goon, Salween Rivei', 



Aug." 8 (i?. e. Beavan). 

 Moulmein, Dec. and Jan. ( W. D. 



^- J. D.). 

 Moulmein, Oct., Nov. (C. T. 



Bingham). 

 Tavoy, June 13 ( W. Davison). 

 Thatone, March ( W. D.). 



Momien, Yun-nan, W. China, 



June. 

 Saigon, Cochin China, April. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Oates Coll. 

 Forbes Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Dr. J. Anderson 



[C.]. 

 M.E.Pierre [P.]. 



Subsp. /3. Mimia topela. 



Munia malacca, Stoinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 61 ; id. Ibis, 18G1, p. 45. 

 Munia topela, Swinhne, Ibis, 1863, p. 380 ; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 299 ; 



id. Ibis, 1870, p. 3.54 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 385 ; David .^- Oust. 



Ois. Chine, p. 343 (1877). 



Adult male. Similar to M. punctulata, but with a shade of ashy 

 olive over the rump and with the upper tail-coverts and tail shaded 

 with pale straw-yellow ; the chestnut throat more restricted than 

 in the Indian species and the barring on the flanks more dusky 

 blackish : " bill deep bluish grey, approachiog to black ; tarsi and 

 feet light purplish lead-colour ; iris chocolate-brown " (Sivinhoe). 

 Total length 4-25 inches, culmeu 0*45, wing 2-15, tail 1-55, tarsus 

 0-55. 



