372 ON THE BIEDS ^HABITING [1875. 



Loxia malacca, var. |3, Linn. S. N. i. p. 302, no. IG, ex Brisson. 

 Loxia atricapilla, Vieillot, Ois. Chant, p. 84, pi. 53 (1805). 



Distinguished by the absence of a black mesial abdominal band ; otherwise like M. rubro- 

 nigra. The exact range remains to be ascertained. Blyth {op. cit. p. 337) mentions having 

 seen it from Penang. Moore (oj). cit. ii. p. 508, no. 775) notes a drawing of the species fi-om 

 Sumatra, and an example from Penang. Under the title of Munia sinensis (Brisson), Swinhoe 

 includes the species in his list of the Birds of China fP. Z. S. 1871, p. 384, no. 368). Nothing 

 more has been recorded of its distribution. 



Munia rubro-nigra. 



Munia ruhro-nigra, Hodgs. As. Researches, xix. p. 153, "Nipaul" (1836). 

 Lonclmra melanocephala, M'Clelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 163, "Assam." 

 S^ermestes melanocephalus, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844). 

 Munia atricapilla (Vieill.), G. E. Gray, Hand-list, no. 6759, nee Vieillot. 



Said by Mr. Layard to occur in Ceylon f (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, vol. xiii. p. 258), 

 this species appears to be rare, if even known, in Southern India. It is common in the British 

 territories to the north-east and south-east of Bengal, such as Assam, Tippera, Arracan, 

 Tenasserim, Burma, also in Bengal, and along the base of the Himalayas. 



133. * MUXU MINUTA. 



Fringilla mimita, Meyen, Nov. Act. Acad. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. prim. p. 86, pi. 12. 

 fig. 2, "ManHla" (1834); v. Martens, J. f O. 1866, p. 14, no. 61. 



Ilab. Sugar-plantations of Luzon {Meyen). 



As described and depicted by Meyen, this Munia, with the exception of the chin and 

 throat, is bright rufous. I have never met with examples agreeing with Meyen's description, 

 although he states that this Finch occurs in numberless troops in the Luzon sugar-plantations. 

 It may be distinct from M.jagori, and is so treated by Dr. v. Martens {I. c). The M. minuta 

 of Mr. Gray's Hand-list, no. 6761, refers to examples oi M.jagori. 



OxYCERCA, G. E. Gray. 



134. * OrrCERCA JAGOEI. 



Urolonchajagori, Cab. J. f. O, 1866, p. 14, no. 62, "Luzon" {clescr. nulla). 

 Oxycerca jagori. Cab. op. cit. 1872, p. 317, no. 7 {clescr. princeps). 



Hah. Luzon, in February, d , ? ; bill, feet, and claws bluish grey [Meyer'). 



Of the same type as Munia topela, Swinh., but of greater dimensions. The chin and throat 



"^^ ^9nq ^' ^^^^ chocolate-brown, without a tinge of ferruginous. Nor does this colour descend so low as 



its corresponding shade in M. topela. The undulations on the under surface, which are of the 



same character as in M. topela, are bolder and larger. Quite distinct from M. punctularia 



(Linn.) and M. nisoria (Temm.). 



t Its occurrence in Ceylon as an indigenous species has not been confirmed. 



