208 TISCOUKT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS 



Munia atricapilla. 



The Chinese Sparrow, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, i. p. 43, pi. 43, 6 . 

 Coccothraustes sinensis, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 235, no. 7, ex Edwards. 

 Loxia malacca, var. /3, Linn. S. N. i. p. 302, no. 16, ex Brisson. 

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



Distinguished by the absence of a black mesial abdominal band ; otherwise like M. 

 rnhro^mgra. 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 ruhro-nigra, Hodgs. As. Researches, xix. p. 153, "Nipaul" (1836). 

 Lonchura melanocephala, ]M'Clelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 163, " Assam." 

 Spermestes melanocephalus, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. ^4 (1844). 

 Munia atricapilla (Vieill.), G. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 6759, nee 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-cast and south-east of Bengal, such as Assam, Tippera, 

 Arracan, Tenasserim, Burma, also in Bengal, and along the base of the Himalayas. 



133. * Munia MiNUTA. 



FrinffiHa minuta, Meyen, Nov. Act. Acad. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. prim. p. 86, pi. 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 Munia, 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 M. jagori, and is so treated by Dr. v. 

 Martens {I. c). The M. minuta of Mr. Gray's Hand-list, no. 6761, refers to examples 

 of M. jagori. 



OxTCERCA, G. E. Gray. 



134. * OXYCERC.\ JAGORI. 



Uroloncha jagori, Cab. J. f. O. 1866, p. 14, no. 62, " Luzon" {descr. nulla). 

 Oji/cerca jagori, Cab. op. cit. 1872, p. 317, no. 7 [descr . princeps) . 



Hal). Luzon, in February, c?,? ; bill, feet, and claws bluish grey [Meyer). 

 Of the same type as Munia topela, Svrinh., but of greater dimensions. The chin and 

 ' Its occurrence in Ceylon as an indigenous species has not been confirmed. 



