364 " PLOCEID^. 



Trichogramoptila leucogastroides, Vorchrm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. 

 Ind. xliii. p. 105 (1884). 



Adult. Similar to U. striata, but not so distinctly streaked with 

 white shaft-liues, rather lighter brown, and distinguished at once by 

 the absence of the white rump : " bill, upper mandible black, the 

 lower lead-blue ; feet lead-blue ; iris Vandyke brown " (^. G. Vor- 

 derman). Total length 4*3 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2'1, tail 1"5, 

 tarsus 0*55. 



Young. Much lighter brown than the adult, with no black on the 

 forehead or face, and only a little on the throat, which is also light 

 brown. 



Hah. Java and Sumatra. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Java. India Museum. 



(Types of species.) 

 c-f. S ; 9- Java. Tweeddale CoU. 



Juv. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. W. Java (E. C. Buxton). F. Nicholson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 i,h. Ad. et juv. Lampong, Sumatra {E. C. Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. Buxton). 



10. Urolonclia fuscans. 



Spermestes fuscans, Cass. Pr. Phil. Acad. vi. p. 185 (1852). 

 Friugilla uigenima, Cass. Pr. Phil. Acad. vi. p. 18-5 (18.52). 

 Fringilla aterrima, Cass. Pr. Phil. Acad. vi. p. 185 (1852). 

 Munia fuscaus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 219 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 268 



(1874) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 344 ; Briigg. Abhandl. not. Ver. 



Bremen, v. p. 461 (1877) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 



xlvi. p. 234 (1887) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1889, p. 434. 

 Amadina fuscans. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 55, no. 6763 (1870). 



Adidt male. Entirely uniform blackish chocolate, somewhat 

 obscurely mottled with browner centres to the feathers; quills and 

 tail-feathers black : " iris brown '" (Doria). Total length 4-2 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2, tail 1'4.5, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 4-3 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 1-9, tail 1-45, tarsus 0"5. 



Hah. Borneo. 



a,b. c? 2 ad. .sk. Sarawak. Wallace Coll. 



c, d, e. Ad. sk. Sarawak {Rajah Brooke). Goidd Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Sarawak. A. Everett, Esq. 



[C] 



g. (5 ad. sk. Sarawak {A. Everett). Hume Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Banjermassing {J. Motley). WaUace Coll. 



11. Urolonclia tristissima. 



Munia tristissima, Wall. P.Z. S. 1865, p. 479 (? juv.) ; Meyer, Sitz. 



7c. Akad. Wien, Ixs. p. 126 (1874) ; Salvad. Ami. Mm. Civic. 



Genov. vi. p. 86 (1874), x. p. 148 (1877), xvi. p. 191 (1880); id. 



Orn. Pajniasia, ii. p. 435 (1881). 

 Amadiua tristissima. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 65, no. 6765 (1870). 

 Munia, sp., Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vi. p. 86 (1874), 



