434 Mr. F. Fiun on the 



here. P. haya is only known as a bird brought down from 

 Lucknow, most of the specimens being males. Many of that 

 sex of P. atriyula show a few yellow feathers on the breast 

 when in full plumage. 



Foudia madagascariensis used to be occasionally imported 

 in very small numbers, but I have not seen any lately. 



Of the small Munias and Waxbills^ Spoi'ceginthus amayi- 

 dava, Munia atricapilla, Uroloncha punctulata, and U. niala- 

 barica are all very common, as might be expected. Stictospiza 

 formosa, Munia malacca, and Uroloyicha striata are much less 

 often seen, but may be obtained now and then. Intermediate 

 forms between M. malacca and M. atricapilla often occur, 

 and are doubtless hybrids. Wild specimens of Uroloncha 

 acaticaudu are rarely seen, l)ut the domesticated Japanese 

 race (known to home amateurs as the " Bengalee ") is con- 

 stantly present in th(> Bazaar, in one or other of its three 

 forms — the brown-and-white (grading completely into the 

 wild type), the fawn-and-vvhite, and the pure white, the last 

 being the rarest. It is somewhat curious that no form exists, 

 apparently, intermediate between the fawn-and-white and 

 broAvn-and-white types, but a similar broad distinction exists 

 between the cinnamon and green forms of the domestic 

 Canary. 



Of the small exotic Ploccidic, Munia maja, M. castanei- 

 tliorax, Taniopygia castanotis, and Estrelda astrild are the 

 most common ; l)ut Po'ephila mirabilis, P. gouldice, P. acuti- 

 caudu, and P. cincta have been imported, the two former 

 most frequently and the latter only quite recently, together 

 with /Edemosyne modest a. 



Erythrura prasina, though occurring in our empire, is of 

 course only known here as an imported bird, and does not 

 usually do well. 



I have in my prefatory remarks already alluded to the 

 Java Sparrow as a commonly introduced bird, and now need 

 only mention that the more or less pure white domestic 

 form from Japan is even more constantly an occupant of the 

 dealers' cages, presumably because it sells at a much higher 

 price, and is therefore not so readily disposed of. 



