362 . MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



The Tavoy specimen is a juvenile female {fide Sharpe) and is 

 probably recorded l)y Hume and Davison under Ploceus bay a (A., p. 

 398). The bird from Siam recorded by Sharpe (an adult male) was 

 obtained by Schomburgk, and Mr. Williamson informs us that he 

 has procured mau}^ breeding specimens of both sexes, with nests and 

 eggs, from the neighbourhood of Sam Kok, about 40 miles north of 

 Bangkok. 



In spite of tlie record from Tavoy, the possible occurrence of 

 this species in our area is so doubtful that we have not entered it in 

 our " key." 



524. Munia maja (Linn.). 



Loxia maja, Linnaeus, fSyst. Nat. 1766, p. 301 (Malacca). 

 Munia maja, D., p. 67 (Patani) ; E., p. 69 (Patani). 



525. Munia atricapilla (Vieill.). 



Loxia atricapilla, Vieillot, Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 84, pi. 53 ("Les 



Grandes Indes " : here restricted to Lower Bengal). 

 Munia ruhronifiru , A., p. 401 (Mergui). 

 Amadina atricapilla, 0. i, p. 366 (Tenasserim). 

 Munia atricapilla atrica2nlla, M., p. 411 (Meklong). 



3 d, 4 $. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam, 4-10 April 1919 [Nos. 

 [5022-26, 5226-7]. 



" Iris dark ; bill pale bluish grey ; feet slate'". 



Total length S ,—, 118, 118, $, 125, 117,112, 122; wing S , 

 53, 54, 53 ; $ , 53, 53, 52, 56 ; tail cJ , — , 40, 38 ; $ , 42, 38, 38, 43 ; 

 tarsus S , 16, 16, 15; $, 16, 16, 16, 14; bill from gape 6 , 11, 11, 

 10; 2, 10, 11, 11.5, 11mm. 



In colour these birds are a rich chestnut, with the median 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts black or much blackened, except 

 for one female which is only just tinged with black iu those parts. 

 It is probable that they belong to the Indian race and not to the 

 Himalayan form M. a. rubroniger Hodgs., though they are as large 

 as Nepal birds (12 specimens, wings 53-56 mm: _/ic?e Scully, Stray 

 Feathers, viii, p. 322). Baker says (I. c. s.) that the great majority of 

 birds from Central and S. W. Siam are much nearer atricapillct than 

 rubroniger. 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Bii-ds), 1905. 



B. Muller, Die Ornis der Insel Salanga, 1882. F. Kobinson nnd Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Oates, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. G. Gairdner, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhotc, P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, Jom-n. F. M. S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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