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Genus Sycobius, Vieillot. 



CI 9. S. BicoLOR, Vieillot (Jardine and Selby's III. Orn.y n, s., pi. 10). 

 Syn. Symplectes chryso7nus, Swainson. 



Eupodes xanthosomus, Jardine and Selby. 

 Hab. S. Africa. 



A. Male, presented by Lord A. Hay (1845). 



Subfam. ESTRELDINiE. 



Genus Munia, Hodgson). 



620. M. MAJA (Edwards, pi. 30G, f. 1). 

 Syn. Loxia maja, L. 



L. leucocephala. Raffles. 



Maia sinensis, Brisson. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula ; Sumatra. 



A. From Malacca. B. Young, do. E. Lindstcdt, Esq. 

 (1847). 



G21. M. ferruginosa. 



Syn. Loxia ferruyinosu, Latham. 



La Maina, Buffon. 

 Hab. Java. 



A. Specimen presented by the Batavian Society (1845). 



622. M. RUBRONiGRA, Hodgson, As. Res. XIX, 153.* 



Syn. Lonchura melanocephala, M'Clelland, P. Z. S. 1839, 

 p. 1G3. 

 Loxia Malacca, Var., Lath. 

 L. indica. Lath. — Young ? 



Pora Munia : Nukroul, Masuri. 

 Hab. Bengal ; Nepal ; Assam ; Arakan ; Tenasserim. 



A. B. C. D. Specimens from the vicinity of Calcutta 

 (1843-6). 



623. M. MALACCA (Edwards pi. 355). 



Syn. Loxia malacca, L. 



Coccothraustes Jave7isis, Brisson. 

 Amadina sinensis apud BIyth, J. A. S. XV, 36. 

 Nu/d-nore, H. (Jerdon). 

 Hab. Lidian peninsula ; Ceylon ; rare m Lower Bengal. 



A. Specimen from near Calcutta (1846). B. Do., S. 

 India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. (1843). 



* Nee Chinese Sparrow, Edwards, pi. 43, on which is founded Coccothraustes 

 sineiisis, Brisson, Loxia malacca, 13, Lin., Malacca Grosbeak, var. A, Latham, and 

 which is also Lo.via atricapilla, Vieillot, Diet. Class, d' Hist. Nat. 



