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TJroloncha leucogastroides (Moore). 



Munia leucogastroides Moore, Catalogue Birds East lad., Comp. 

 JIuseum, II, p. 510, 1856. Java. 



One specimen from Lampong, which has the white belly 



mottled with brown transverse lines and crescents. 



Munia punctulata nisoria (Temm.). 



Munia nisoria Temminck, PI. Col., Ill, PI. 500, fig. 3, 1830. 

 One adult and two young from Lampong. 



Munia maja (Linn). 



Loxia maja Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., I, p. 301, 1766. India, Orient. 

 Two specimens from Lampong and one from Padang. 

 Ploceus megarhynchus Hume. 



Ploceus megarhynchus Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, pp. 153 and 406 

 (1878). Nynee Tal and Dacca. 



Two females from the Padang highlands and one from the coast. 



This bird is usually designated P/oceus a^ri^u^a " Hodgs." Gray, 

 but I cannot see that Hodgson's unpublished drawings have any 

 status so far as nomenclature is concerned, nor that Gray's pub- 

 lished name, which is not accompanied by any description, can be 

 considered. Eliminating these references the next name available 

 is that of Hume, as given above. 



Oriolus maculatus Vieill. 



Oriolus maculatus Vieillot, Nov. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XIII, p. 194. 

 Java. 



Five specimens from the highlands of Padang. 



Oriolus zanthonotus Horsf. 



Oriolus Xanthonotus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc, XIII, p. 152, 



1821. Java. 



Two males and a female from Lampong, 



Buchanga cineracea Horsf. 



Edolius ciner'aceus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc, XIII, p. 145, 1821. 

 Java. 



Six specimens from the Padang highlands. 

 Chaptia malayensis "Hay " Blyth. 



Chaptia malayensis " Hay " Blyth, Jour. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XV, 

 p. 294. Malacca. 



One from Padang. 



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