688 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



700. PADDA ORYZIVORA (Liima?us). 



JAVA SPARROW. 



Loxia oryzivora Linn.eus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 173. 

 Munia oryzivora Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 328; Mc- 

 Gregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 105. 



Mai-ang cos'-ta, Manila. 

 * Guimaras {Steere Exp.); Luzon (Heriot, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, 

 McGregor) ; Mindanao (Steere) ; Panay (Bourns d Worcester) ; Samar (Bourns 

 & Worcester). Java, Sumatra, Malacca. 



Adult {sexes similar). — Lores, entire top of head, chin, fore throat, 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, and rectrices black; sides of head and ear- 

 coverts white forming a large conspicuous patch; entire back, lower 

 throat, fore breast, sides of throat and of breast, secondaries, and 

 secondarv-coverts lilac-gray; lower breast, abdomen, and flanks dark 

 vinaceous: thighs and crissum white; alula, primaries, and primary- 

 coverts slate-gray, edged with cinereous. Bill, legs, and nails pink. A 

 male from Luzon measures : Length, 135 ; wing, 69 ; tail, 49 ; culmen from 

 base, 16 ; tarsus, 18. 



Young. — Above smoke-gray and drab-gray; breast and throat light 

 di'ab-gray; sides of face, chin, abdomen, thighs, and crissum cream-buff. 



The Java sparrow occurs in some ainmdance in the vicinity of Manila, 

 but is rarely foimd in other localities in the Philippines. 



Genus MUNIA Hodgson, 1836. 



In Munia the bill is shorter in proportion to its width than in Fadda; 

 rectrices slightly graduated and, except the two or tliree outer pairs, 

 sharply pointed at their tips. 



Species. 



a'. Back and \ving-covorls chestnut; head, tliroat, and chin black or blackish 

 brown ( adult ) . 



b\ Head black jagori (p. (389) 



6^ Head dark smoky brown formosana (p. 690) 



a*. Back and wing-coverts hair-brown or wood-brown; head nearly uniform with 

 the back. 

 6'. Upper parts with white shaft-lines; chin and middle of throat rich vandyke- 



brown ; remainder of under parts mottled (adult) cabanisi (p. 090) 



6'. Upper parts without shaft-lines; chin and throat nearly uniform with 

 remaining under parts which are not mottled (young). 



c'. Larger; breast and abdomen rich buff ]•' ^ I P- ' • * 



[formosana (p. 600) 



c'. Smaller; breast and abdomen cream-bulf cabanisi (p. 690) 



