402 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



699. — Munia punctulata, Lin. 



The birds entered as from Tenasserim by Mr. Rlyth under 

 tliis name (or rather under the name punctularia by mistake for 

 punctulata, Lin., which is the name really given by Linnseus,) are 

 doubtless the same as the next species. There is no reason to 

 believe that true punctulata occurs in Tenasserim. 



If Lord Tweeddale is correct, Lieut. Ramsay also obtained 

 M. subundulata at Tonghoo, it may, however, have been 

 31. superstriata, nobis, which his Lordship, erroneously as I 

 think, states (B. of B., p. 93,) to be identical with subundulata. 



699 ter.— Munia superstriata, Hume. (4.) Dbscr. 

 S. F., II., 481 n. 



Thatone ; Moulmein ; Tavoy. 



As yet only observed in the central portions of the province. 



I have carefully compared the type of superstriata, nobis, with 

 four fine specimens of subundulata, God.-Aust., from Shilloug 

 and its neighbourhood. 



Supe?*striata is at once distinguished by its smaller size — wing 

 about 2*1 to 2*2 against 2 "4 in subundulata, — by having the whole 

 forehead, crown, occiput, nape, back, and scapulars, conspicu- 

 ously pale shafted, of which I can scarcely find a trace on either 

 cap or scapulars of subundulata, and by the paler color and 

 greater narrowness of the margins of the breast, upper abdo- 

 men, and flank feathers. 



We have as yet procured only three adult specimens, and 

 therefore this may be abnormal, but certainly these specimens 

 have a very different appearance to all the Assam ones of subun- 

 dulata, and are quite as distinct from it as it is from punctulata. 



701 bis.— Munia leucogastra, Blyth. (36). 



Ckoungthanoung ; Bankasoon ; Malewoon. 



Confined to the extreme southernmost portions of the 

 province. 



[I first met with this species at Choungthanoung in the 

 bamboo jungle, and on the outskirts of the forests, and subse- 

 quently found it common about the village of Bankasoon, and in 

 several other places along the Pakchan. It is much more of a 

 forest-loving species than the other Munias, and I have not un- 

 frequently met with it in dense forest many miles from any 

 clearing or other open place, and I found it breeding quite in 

 the depths of the forest. In its general habits it much resem- 

 bles the common White-rumped Munia of Tenasserim, M. acuti- 

 cauda, Hodgs., and has a similar but somewhat softer note. It is 

 somewhat more shy, however, than this species. — W. D.] 



