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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



By Garrod 



Coereba cyanea = Cyanerpes cyaneus 



(Linn6) 

 Diglossa baritula Wagler 



Species studied 



By Glenny 

 Cyanerpes caeruleus (Linn6) (3) 



Family Drepanididae 

 No information available. 



Family Parulidae 



Type A coracoid artery; types 3 and 4 thoracic artery; ligamentum 

 aortae reduced or absent; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise 

 from a common root from the common carotid arteries; ascending 

 oesophageal artery arises as a branch of the right common carotid 

 artery. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Mniotilta varia (Linn6) 



By Glenny 



Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert) 

 Vermivora pcregrina (Wilson) 

 Vermivora ruficapilla (Wilson) 

 Dendroica coronata (Linn6) 

 Dendroica cerulea (Wilson) 

 Dendroica fusca (Mliller) 



Dendroica breviunguis (Spix) 

 Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn6) 

 Seiurus noveboracensis (Vieillot) 

 Oporornis formosus (Wilson) 

 Geothlypis irichas (Linnd) 

 Setophaga ruticilla (Linn4) (2) 

 Myioborus miniatus (Swainson) 

 Basileulerus tristriatus (Tschudi) 

 Basileuterus culicivorus (Lichtenstein) 



Family Ploceidae 



Type A coracoid artery; type 3 thoracic artery; ligamentum 

 aortae reduced; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise as branches 

 of a common root from the common carotid artery; ascending oesoph- 

 ageal artery arises as a branch of the right common carotid artery 



In a single specimen of Ploceus p. philippirius, both left and right 

 systemic arches and radices aortae were present, as well as the right 

 and left ligamenti botalli (Biswas 1946). 



Species studied 



By Biswas 



Ploceus philippinus philippinus (Linn6) 



By Garrod 



Ploceus manyar (Horsfield) 



Poephila cincta (Gould) 



Munia major =Munia maja (Linne) 



Euplectes capensis (Linn6) 



Estrelda melpoda— Sporaeginthus mel- 



podus (Vieillot) 

 Hyphantornis castaneo-fuscus = Melan- 



opteryx castaneofusca (Lesson) 



Padda oryzivora — Munia oryzivora 



(Linn6) 

 Donacola castaneothorax = Munia cas- 



taneothorax (Gould) 

 Quelea occidentalism Quelea quelea quelea 



Linne 



By Glenny 



Passer domesticus LinnI (2) 



Passer montanus saturatus (Stejneger) 



