156 A FIRST LIST OF THE 



699.— Lonchura punctulata, Lin. 



Mr. Oates says : " This is by far the commonest Munia of these 

 parts, being' found everywhere except on the hills. Grass and 

 paddy lands are their favorite haunts. Specimens that I mea- 

 sured varied as follows : — 



"Length, 4*7 to 4 - 8; expanse, 6 - 9 to 7 ; tail, from vent, 1"6 

 to 1*8; wing, 21 to 22 j bill, from gape, 0*41 to 046; tarsus, 

 0-61 to 0-63. 



" Irides, deep reddish browm ; eyelids, plumbeous ; bill, bluish 

 black, paler and somewhat plumbeous on lower mandible ; inside 

 of mouth, dusky; legs, plumbeous; claws, homy." 



Specimens sent by Mr. Oates were unfortunately destroyed ; 

 I have little doubt that the species is correctly identified ; at 

 the same time Tenasserim specimens are not, as I mentioned 

 (Stray Feathers, Part II, p. 480) identical w T ith Indian ones. 



702.— Lonchura acuticauda, Bodgs. 



A single specimen, a young bird, sent by Mr. Oates, appears 

 identical with others from Sikhim. 



Mr. Oates remarks that it is comparatively common about 

 Thayetmyo. 



706.— Passer indicus, J. 8f S. 



Mr. Oates remarks : " This is the common House-Sparrow of 

 the country, and is very common. Although these birds breed 

 all the year through, nesting operations are carried on in a very 

 desultory way, except in February and March." 



708 Ms.— Passer flaveolus, Blyth. 



This pretty Sparrow belongs to the same group as cinnamomeus, 

 Gould, of the Himalayas, and rutilans, Tern., of Japan. It was 

 first described by Mr. Blyth (Journal, Asiatic Society, 1844, 

 p. 946). 



He remarked: " With a close resemblance m its markings to 

 the Common Sparrow, except that the back is net streaked, this 

 pretty species is distinguished by its smaller size and predomi- 

 nating yellowish plumage. The bill somewhat inclines to be 

 slender, and in this respect, as well as in the absence of all 

 streakiness above, some approach is shown to G-ymnoris flavicottis. 

 In the male the top of the head, nape, and rump, are of a dull 

 light green, inclining to yellowish on the forehead, " ( I should 

 say greenish grey, with a narrow pale frontal band) ; e< the cheeks 

 and sides of the forehead are tolerably bright yellow, and the 

 rest of the under parts are sullied yellow : streak from eye to 

 mouth, and the usual patch on the throat and f oreneck, deep black ; 

 sinciput/'' (I should say broad streak from posterior angle of 



