184 BIRDS FROM NIAS. 



»Iris blue, bill blue with black tip, feet bluish gray. 

 Native uame : ? ." 



69. Munia rnaja (L.). 



Fringilla maja Nieiiwenh. & Rosenb. Veral. Eil. Nias, p. 19. 



Amadina maja Rosenb. Mai. Arch. p. 219. 



Munia maja Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 552; Oust. I.e. pp. 115, 120. 



An adult female (N". 118) from Goenoeng Sitoli. 

 »Iris blue, bill blue with black tip, feet bluish black. 

 Native name: Siliwi," 



70. Calornis altirostris Salvad. 



Turdus cantor Nieuweoh. & Rosenb. Versl. Eil. Nias, p. 19. 



Calornis chalyhea Rosenb. Mai. Arch. p. 219. 



Calornis altirostris Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 553, pi. IX, fig. 1 ; Mo- 



digl. Viaggio a Nias, p. 159, pi. II, fig. 1. 

 Calornis chalyhea altirostris Oust. I.e. pp. 115, 120. 



Seven specimens (N-^». 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 112 



and 113) from Hili Madjeio. 



»Iris red, bill and feet black. Native name: Gori gori.'^ 

 All the above specimens have high bills and there is 



110 difference whatever between males and females. 



71. Mainatus rohustus (Salvad.). 



Euldbes indicus Nieuwenh. & Rosenb. Versl. Eil. Nias, p. 19. 



Eulahes javanensis Roseub. Mai. Arch. p. 219. 



Gracula robusta Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 554, pi. IX, fig. 2; Modigl. 



Viaggio a Nias, p. 159, pi. II, fig. 2. 

 Mainatus rohustus Oust. I.e. pp. 116, 120. 



Two males (N^s. 14 and 25) and two females (Nos. 15 

 and 24) from Hili Madjeio, and two females (No*. 175 and 

 206) and a male (N". 207) from Goenoeng Sitoli. 



»Iris light gray, bill orange-red with yellow tip, feet 

 light yellow. Native name: Magiao." 



Notes from the Leyden ÜMuseum, Vol. XVIII. 



