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45. MuNiA JAGORi, Cabanis. 



Munia jagori, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 207. 



Hab. Luzon, Zebu, Leyte, Bohol, Negros, and Mindanao {Everett); 

 Sulu {Guillemard). 



a-d. S • Sulu Island. 



e-g. 2 • Sulu Island. 



Iris reddish brown ; bill ashy blue ; tarsus slate-coloured. 

 Length 110 centims. ( d), 10-5 centims. ( $ ), wing 5'0 centims. 

 (c? ), 4'8 centims. ( ? ). The male is larger than the female, and of 

 richer colouring, the head being very nearly black, and the brown 

 of the body a deeper chestnut. The union of the abdominal dark 

 line with the same colour of the throat does not appear to be of any 

 value as a characteristic of sex. 



This little species was abundant in Sulu, collected in flocks of 

 from ten to thirty individuals, and feeding in the grass. Their 

 habits and note reminded me strongly of the African Estrelda 

 astrild. 



46. OsMOTRERON VERNANS (Linnseus). 



Osmotreron vern(ms,'Wa\A. Tr. Z. S. vol, ix. pt. 2, p, 210; 

 Sharpe, Tr, Linn, Soc, n, s. Zool, vol. i. p. 346 ; Salvad. Uccell. 

 di Borneo, p. 286. 



Hab. Luzon {Meyer) ; Panay {Steere) ; Zebu, Bohol, Mindanao, 

 Basilan, and Palawan {Everett) ; Sulu {Burbidye) ; Siassi {Guille- 

 mard) ; Celebes {JFallace, ^-c.) ; Borneo {Wallace, ^c). 



a. cJ . Sulu Island. 



b. c? • Siassi Island. 

 c-f. 5 . Sulu Island. 



Male : iris dark pink ; bill slate-blue at tip ; feet coral. Female : 

 iris pearly ; bill as in male ; tarsus pinkish red. Length about 

 27*0 centims.; wing 14*3-14'5 centims, 



47. Osmotreron axillaris, G. R. Gray. 



Osmotreron axillaris, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 211 ; 

 Sharpe, Tr, Linn. Soc. n, s. Zool. vol. i. p. 346. 



Hab. Luzon {Meyer) ; Zebu, Dinagat {Everett) ; Panay {Mur- 

 ray) ; Negros and Guimaras {Meyer) ; Mindanao {Steere) ; Sulu 

 {Burbidge, ^c.). 



a. (S . Sulu Island. 



b. ?. Sulu Island. 



Male : iris pearly green ; bill red at base, bluish at tip ; feet pale 

 slate; length 32 7 centims., wing 16-5 centims. Female: iris 

 brilliant sea-green ; feet hght olive-green ; length 29'5 centims., 

 wing 16"1 centims. Culmen 2" 1-2*2 centims. 



O. aromatica from Buru very closely resembles the present species, 

 but Salvadori (Orn, della Papuasia e delle Molucche, vol. 3, p. 2) 

 points out that the latter " are larger, have the neck and breast of a 

 less yellow-olive, the chestnut of the wing-coverts less in extent, 

 and dark spots on the sides of the abdomen." The examples under 

 consideration fully bear this out with regard to the size. 



