318 Lord Tweeddale oa Birds front 



123. MUNIA MAJA. 



Loxia maja, Linn. S. N. i. p. 301 (1766). 



Count Salvador! (/. c. p. 265) has controverted a sugges- 

 tion of mine that this bird is replaced in Java by M. ferru- 

 ginea (Sparrm.) =M. majanoides, Temm., on the ground that 

 an undoubted example was obtained in Java by the " Ma- 

 genta " Expedition. This evidence^, however, appears hardly 

 sufficient; for hundreds of Munias of almost every species 

 may be bought at the different ports in the east, far away 

 from their origin. 



124. MuNIA LEUCOGASTROIDES. 



Munia leucogastroides, Moore, Cat. E.I. C. Mus. ii. p. 510. 

 no. 777, '^ Java'' (1856-58); Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 145. 

 The Sumatrau examples do not differ from Javan. 



125. Ploceus maculatus. 



Loxia maculata, L. S. Miiller, Suppl. p. 150. no. 56 (1776). 



Loxia philippina, Linn. S. N. i. p. 305 (1766) ; Walden, 

 Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 209. 



Ploceus bay a, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 945. 



Mr. Buxton's collection only contains examples of females 

 or non-breeding males of the Malayan race of P. baya, Blyth. 

 As there seems to be little doubt that the species does not oc- 

 cur in the Philippines, I have adopted the next published title. 



126. Platysmurus leucopterus. 



Glaucopis leucopterus, Temm. PI. Col. 265, "Sumatra" 

 (1824). 



Malaccan examples are identical. 



127. Crypsirhina varians. 



Corvus varians, Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl. p. 26, "Java" 



(1801). 



Examples from Burma, Java, and Sumatra are of one 



species. 



128. Calornis chalyb^a. 



Ttirdus chalybcEUS, Horsf. t. c. p. 148, "Java" (1820). 

 Lanius insidiator, Raffles, t. c. p. 307, '' Sumatra" (1821), 

 Javan, Malaccan, and Bornean individuals are not specifi- 

 cally separable from those obtained in South-east Sumatra. 



