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I have again examined an Andaman example of E. andamn- 

 nensis, Tytler, and still retain the opinion that it is distinct from 

 E. intermedia. 



81. MUNIA RUBROXIGRA, HodgS. 



Loxia sinensis, Gm., ex Sonnerat, and also of Latham, is a 

 Greenfinch. Dr. Jerdon refers to Coccothraustes sinensis, Briss., 

 founded on Edwards^s 43rd Plate, in which a black mesial line 

 is altogether wanting. True M. malacca (Linn.) does not appear 

 to occur out of Cejdon and peninsular India, extending to Bengal. 

 But the Munia rubronigra group extend to the Philippines and 

 Celebes. 



82. Munia MAVA (Linn.). 



This is the Sumatran form, and may be indigenous to the 

 Malay peninsula. Munia ferruginosa (Sparrm.) is the Javan 

 form, and is perfectly distinct. Latham included it under Sparr- 

 man's title in the second supplement to the Synopsis, and 

 adopted the name, without acknowledgment, in the supplement 

 to his ' Index Ornithologicus.' Loxia leucocephala, Raffl., is a 

 synonym of the Sumatran species, and Fringilla majanoides, 

 Temm. (PI. Col. 500. %. 3), of the Javan. 



88. Macropygia ruficeps (Temm.). 



The Malaccan Macropygia, so far as I know, has never been 

 satisfactorily identified. I have never met with an example ; and 

 it appears to be an extremely rare bird in collections. The Javan 

 M. ruficeps is stated by Dr. Jerdon also to inhabit Tenasserim. 

 Have examples been compared ? The identity of the Malayan 

 and Moluccan birds is most improbable. 



90. Geopelia striata (Linn.). 



Columba sinica, Linn., was founded on Albinos plate 46; and 

 from it likewise Brissou took his description. Neither Albin's 

 wretched drawing nor his account agrees well with this species. 

 Columba malaccensis, Gm., is undoubtedly the Malayan and Mau- 

 ritius bird. Gmelin bestowed the title on Sonnerat's petite Tour- 

 terelle de Queda. Sonnerat described the species with great mi- 

 nuteness ; and he added that it had been introduced into the Mau- 

 ritius, where it had largely multiplied. Thus the type of C. ma- 

 laccensis, Gm., came from a locality touching Province Wellcsley. 



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