688 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
700. PADDA ORYZIVORA (Linneus). 
JAVA SPARROW. 
Loxia oryzivora LANNAUS, sy rat. ed. 10°. (2758), 1, La: 
Munia oryziwora SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 328; Mco- 
Grecor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 105. 
Mai-aitg cos’-ta, Manila. 
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Luzon (Heriot, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 
McGregor) ; Mindanao (Steere); Panay (Bowrns & Worcester) ; Samar (Bourns 
dé Worcester). Java, Sumatra, Malacca. 
Adult (sexes similar).—Lores, entire top of head, chin, fore throat, 
rump, upper tail-coverts, and rectrices black; sides of head and ear- 
coverts white forming a large conspicuous patch; entire back, lower 
throat, fore breast, sides of throat and of breast, secondaries, and 
secondary-coverts lilac-gray; lower breast, abdomen, and flanks dark 
vinaceous; thighs and crissum white; alula, primaries, and primary- 
coverts slate-gray, edged with cinereous. Bill, legs, and nails pink. A 
male from Luzon measures: Length, 135; wing, 69; tail, 49; culmen from 
base, 16; tarsus, 18. 
Young.—Above smoke-gray and drab-gray; breast and throat light 
drab-gray ; sides of face, chin, abdomen, thighs, and crissum cream-buff. 
The Java sparrow occurs in some abundance in the vicinity of Manila, 
but is rarely found in other localities in the Philippines. 
Genus MUNIA Hodgson, 1836. 
In Munia the bill is shorter in proportion to its width than in Padda; 
rectrices slightly graduated and, except the two or three outer pairs, 
sharply pointed at their tips. 
Species. 
a’, Back and wing-coverts chestnut; head, throat, and chin black or blackish 
brown (adult). 
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be Head adamke Smoky: i Oya eee sneer oee ener oe: cane ee eeeeree oc formosana (p. 690) 
a?. Back and wing-coverts hair-brown or wood-brown; head nearly uniform with 
the back. 
b'. Upper parts with white shaft-lines; chin and middle of throat rich vandyke- 
brown; remainder of under parts mottled (adult) -........ cabanisi (p. 690) 
b*, Upper parts without shaft-lines; chin and throat nearly uniform with 
remaining under parts which are not mottled (young). 
jagori (p. 689) 
formosana (p. 690) 
c?. Smaller; breast and abdomen cream-buff...........-..-.------------ cabanisi (p. 690) 
ct. Larger; breast and abdomen rich buff....................-..--- 
