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735. Uroloncha punctulata. The Spotted Munia. 



Loxia punctulata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 302 (1766). 



Loxia undulata, P. L. 8. Mull. Syst. Nat Anhang, p. 151(1776). 



Munia undulata (Lath.), Blytli, Cat. p. 117; Horsf. $ M. Cat. u, 



t) 500 : Jej-fZ. 5. 2. ii, p. 354. . 



Munia punctulata (2*4 Bum* 2V. $ E p. 444 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. 



p. 656 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 346 

 Munia subimdulata, Godw.-Aust, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 48 ; Hume, S. F. 



Munia ^striata, Hume, 8. F. ii, p. 481 (1874) ; Hume $ 2to. 



& P. vi, p. 402. 

 Munia inglisi, Hume, S. F. v, p. 39 (1877). 

 Amadina punctulata (£*m.), Bwme, Cat. no. 699 ; Oates,B.B.i, 



p. 308 ; Faroes, 5tr«fo Bom. p. 202. 

 Amadina subundulata {Godw.-Aust), Hume, Cat. no. 099 bis , K*. 



6'. 2-. xi, p. 272. 

 Amadina superstriata [Hume), Hume, Cat. no. bJJ ter. 

 Amadina inglisi {Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 699 quat 

 Uroloncha punctulata {Linn.), Oates m Humes N. S> E. 2nd eu. n, 

 p. 141. 

 Telia munia, Hind, in the North; Sing-baz, Shinbaz, Hind .in the 

 Deccan and at Mussooree ; Shut* munia, Beng. ; Kakkara jmuwayi, Lei. , 

 We-kurulla, Ceyl. ; 27n«a fcuraw, Tarn. 



Coloration. Upper plumage dull chocolate-colour with the shafts 

 pale ; lower rump barred irregularly with brown and yellowish and 

 streaked with white ; upper tail-coverts glistening yellowish lulvous ; 

 tail fulvous-yellow ; wings chocolate, the coverts with pale shafts ; 

 sides of the head, chin, and throat rich chestnut; lower plumage 

 white, each feather, with the exception of those on the abdomen, 

 submarginally banded with fulvous-brown; under tail-coverts 

 fulvous white mottled with black. 



The above description applies to birds from the Continent ot 

 India, which, however, vary considerably among themselves m the 

 shade of colouring of the rump and the amount and distinctness ot 

 the bars on this part. Birds from Assam, southwards to Burma, 

 are less distinctly barred on the rump, the general colour ot which 

 and of the upper tail-coverts and tail is more olivaceous Many 

 species have been established on these slight differences, but 1 am 

 unable to recognize them even as races, the differences being by no 

 means constant over the same small areas. 



Bill bluish black, paler and somewhat plumbeous on the lower 



mandible : iris deep reddish brown ; legs plumbeous ; claws horny. 



Length nearly 5; tail 1-7; wing 2-1; tarsus -b ; bill from 



^Young birds are rufous-brown above and pale buff below without 

 marks of any kind. . , , 



Distribution. The whole continent of India, except bind, the 

 Puniab, and portions of Rajputana and the N.f. Provinces , 

 ascending the Himalayas up to about 50 00 feet ; Ceylon; he 

 eastern part of the Empire from Assam to about the latitude ot 



