UROLONCHA, 337 
Genus UROLONCHA, Cab. 
The eggs of the species of this genus do not differ in shape or 
colour from those of the Munias of the genera Sporceginthus and 
Munia. 
Uroloncha acuticauda (Hodys.). 
Uroloncha acuticauda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 356 (1890) ; 
Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 184 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, 
Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 131 (1890); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p: 445 (1909); Nehrk. Kat, Eversamml. p. 383 (1910). 
The eggs of Hodgson’s Munia vary from -54 to ‘68 in length, and 
from *4 to ‘45 in breadth. 
22. Sikhim (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 
2. Sikhim, 10th June (J. G.). Hume Coll, 
4, Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. G.). Hume Coll, 
6. Lebong, Sikhim, July (Z. Man- Hume Coll. 
dcelir). 
4, Tavoy, Tenasserim, 16th March Hume Coll. 
(W. Davison). 
1. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, 23rd Hume Coll. 
Feb. (W. D.). 
8. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 23rd Hume Coll. 
Féb: CW. D:). 
Salang. Crowley Bequest. 
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Uroloncha squamicollis, Sharpe. 
Uroloncha squamicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 859 (1890) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 127 (1899), p. 833 (1910); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 448 (1909). 
Munia acuticauda, La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 427. 
Five eggs of the Chinese Munia measure respectively: °6 by °4 ; 
°63 by -42; -65 by ‘44; and (2) -65 by -45. 
1. Foochow, China, April. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Foochow, 9th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.] 
2. Formosa (2. Swinhoe: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Uroloncha striata (Zinn.). 
Munia striata, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 660 (1879). 
Uroloncha striata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 359 (1890); Cates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 185 (1890); td., ed. Hume, Nests & 
Leggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 133 (1890); Nehrk, Kat. Eversammil. p. 127 
(1899), p. 333 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 443 (1909). 
The eggs of the White-backed Munia measure from *55 to °68 in 
length, and from ‘42 to ‘47 in breadth, 
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