266 ON A FUETHEE COLLECTION OF [1874. 



Abdominal plumage white faintly marked with pale brown ; middle rectrices elongated. 



Nepal, Sikim, Himalayas, Assam, Mergui, Burma, Malacca, Hainan to Shanghai, and westwards 

 to Szechuan, Formosa. 



In Malaccan birds the pale brown hastate markings on the abdomen are better defined and 

 much more pronounced. 



Ibis, 1874, (3.) MuNiA ruMiGATA, Walden, ut sujjra. 



^' ^^'^' Dorsal plumage unstriated. More nearly allied to M. acuticauda than to M. striata. 



Uropygium uniform with the back. 

 (4.) MuNiA LEucoGASTEA, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1846, p. 286, note, " Malacca." 

 Munia melanictera (Gm.) X Blyth, Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 117. no. 629, nee Gm. 

 Dorsal plumage pale-shafted ; flanks dark brown ; middle rectrices lustrous yellow. 

 Malacca. 



(5.) Munia leucogastroides, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. Mus. ii. p. 510. no. 777, "Java" 

 (1856-58). 



Fringilla striata (Linn.), Horsf. Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 161. no. 5, "Java" (1820), nee Linn. 



Dorsal plumage unstriated ; all the rectrices black ; flanks white. 



Java. 



88. Dendeocitta batleyi. (Plate VL in orirj.) 

 Dendrocifta laylei, Tytler, J. A. S. B. 1863, p. 88, "Andamans." 

 Dendrocitta bazlei, Tytler (lapsu cal.), Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 112. 



"S. Andaman: March and April, 6 ?, iris bright golden yellow; bill, feet, and legs 

 black." 



The female seems to be somewhat smaller, while the plumages are alike. 



89. Caloenis affinis, A. Hay, J. A. S. B. 1846, p. 36, " Tipperah, Arracan, Nicobars;" 

 V. Pelzehi, Novara Exp. Aves, p. 87, " Nicobars" (1865). 



Calornis panayensis {Sco^oM), Ball, ojj. cit. 1872, p. 285. no. 40, "Andamans." 



"South Andaman: Feb. 19, 27, 6, iris brown, bill, legs, and feet black; March 4, 14, 



April 10, 24." 



A species fairly distinguishable from C. insidiator by its greater dimensions and much duller 

 plumage, but identical with continental examples of C. affiiiis. 



Ibis, 1874, 90. Squataeola helvetica (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 250. no. 12 (1766). 



^' ' " S. Andaman: Feb. 12, legs greenish grey." 



In winter plumage. 



91. Glareola oeientalis. Leach, Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 132, pi. 13, " Java." 



" S. Andaman: March 9, 10, d ? , iris dark brown, bill black, red at gape, legs greenish 

 horn-colour ; Cocos Isl., April 5." 



