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Munia atricapilla. 
The Chinese Sparrow, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, i. p. 43, pl. 43, ¢. 
Coccothraustes sinensis, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 235, no. 7, ex Edwards. 
Lovia malacca, var. B, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 302, no. 16, ex Brisson. 
Lowia atricapilla, Vieillot, Ois. Chant. p. 84, pl. 53 (1805). 
Distinguished by the absence of a black mesial abdominal band; otherwise like JV. 
rubro-nigra. The exact range remains to be ascertained. Blyth (op. cit. p. 337) 
mentions having seen it from Pinang. Moore (op. cit. ii. p. 508, no. 775) notes 
a drawing of the species from Sumatra, and an example from Pinang. Under the 
title of Munia sinensis (Brisson), Swinhoe includes the species in his list of the 
Birds of China (P. Z.S. 1871, p. 384, no. 368). Nothing more has been recorded of 
its distribution. 
Munia rubro-nigra. 
Munia rubro-nigra, Hodgs. As. Researches, xix. p. 153, ‘ Nipaul” (1836). 
Lonchura melanocephala, M’Clelland, P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 163, ‘ Assam.” 
Spermestes melanocephalus, Hodgs. Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844). 
Munia atricapilla (Vieill.), G. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 6759, nec Vieillot. 
Said by Mr. Layard to occur in Ceylon’ (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, 
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33. * MUNIA MINUTA. 
Fringilla minuta, Meyen, Nov. Act. Acad. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. prim. p. 86, pl. 12. 
fig. 2, “ Manilla” (1834) ; v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 14, no. 61. 
Hab. Sugar-plantations of Luzon (Meyen). 
As described and depicted by Meyen, this Wunia, with the exception of the chin and 
throat, is bright rufous. I have never met with examples agreeing with Meyen’s de- 
scription, although he states that this Finch occurs in numberless troops in the Luzon 
sugar-plantations. It may be distinct from J/. jagovi, and is so treated by Dr. v. 
Martens (/.¢.). The M. minuta of Mr. Gray’s Hand-list, no. 6761, refers to examples 
of M. jagori. 
Oxycerca, G. R. Gray. 
134. * Oxycerca JAGORI. 
Uroloncha jagori, Cab. J. £. O. 1866, p. 14, no. 62, “ Luzon” (descr. nulla). 
Oxycerca jagori, Cab. op. cit. 1872, p. 317, no. 7 (descr. princeps). 
Hab. Luzon, in February, 5,? ; bill, feet, and claws bluish grey (Meyer). 
Of the same type as Munia topela, Swinh., but of greater dimensions. ‘The chin and 
‘ Its occurrence in Ceylon as an indigenous species has not been confirmed. 
