112 ON DE. STOLICZKA'S "MALAYAN OKXITIIOLOGT." [1871. 



even these two biids. Dr. Jeidon is perfectly correct in the dimensions he gives of the altitude 

 of the bill of E.javanensis, ex Malacca. Its shortness, together with its great height, at once 

 distinguishes this species from E. intennedia. 

 Ibis, 1871, I have again examined an Andaman example of K andamanensis, Tytler, and still retain the 



^' "■ opinion that it is distinct from B. intennedia. 



81. MUXIA KUBEONIGRA, HodgS. 



Loxia sinensis, Gm., ex Sonnerat, and also of Latham, is a Greenfinch. Dr. Jerdon refers 

 to Coccothrmtstes sinensis, Briss., founded on Edwards's 43rd Plate, in which a black mesial line 

 is altogether wanting. True M. malacca (Linn.) does not appear to occur out of Ceylon and 

 peninsular India, extending to Bengal. But the Munia ruhronigra group extends to the Philip- 

 pines and Celebes. 



82. MuxiA MAYA (Linn.). 



This is the Sumatran form, and may be indigenous to the Malay peninsula. Munia fer- 

 ritginosa (Sparrm.) is the Javan form, and is perfectly distinct. liatham included it under 

 Sparrman's title in the second supplement to the Synopsis, and adopted the name, without 

 acknowledgment, in the supplement to his ' Index Ornithologicus.' Loxia leucocephala, Raffl., 

 is a synonym of the Sumatran species, and Fringilla majanoides, Temm. (PI. Col. 500. fig. 3), 

 of the Javan. 



88, Macroptgiakuficeps (Temm.). 



The Malaccan Macropygia, so far as I know, has never been satisfactorily identified. I have 

 never met with an example ; and it appears to be an extremely rare bird in collections. The 

 Javan M. riijiceps is stated by Dr. Jerdon also to inhabit Tenasserim. Have examples been 

 compared ■? The identity of the Malayan and ^loluccan birds is most improbable. 



90. Geopelia striata (Linn.). 



Columba sinica, Linn., was founded on Albin's plate 46 ; and from it likewise Brisson took 

 his description. Neither Albin's wretched drawing nor his account agrees well with this 

 species. Colnmha malaccensis, Gm., is undoubtedly the Malayan and Mauritius bird. Gmelin 

 bestowed the title on Sonncrat's 2>('ti'te TourtcreUe de Qui'da. Sonnerat described the species 

 with great minuteness ; and he added that it had been introduced into the Mauritius, where it 

 had largely multiplied. Thus the type of C. malaccensis, Gm., came from a locality touching 

 Province "Wellesley. 



