542 Birds of Celebes: Ploceidae. 



^ 224. MUNIA ORYZIVORA (L.). 



Java Sparrow. 



a. Loxia oryzivora {1} Linn., S. N. 1766, I, 302. 



Munia oryzivora {1} Bp., Consp. 1850, I, 451; {2] E. Newt., Ibis 1861, 115; {3} Bernst, 

 J. f. O. 1861, 179; {4} Sclat., P. Z. S. 1863, 219; {5} Wall., t. c. 486; {6] Hartl., 

 Vog. Madag. 1877, 404; (7) Shelley, Ibis 1886, 312; \{VU1) Bartl., Weaver-b. 

 pi. 1 (1888); (9) Sharpe, Cat. B., XIH, 1890, 328; (10) Gates, ed. Hume's Nests 

 & Eggs 1890, n, 128, note; (U) id.. Fauna Br. Ind. 1890, II, 182, note; {12} 

 Buttik., Zool. Erg. Weber's Eeise Ost-Ind. 1893, III, 280; {13} Einn, Ibis 1893, 

 226; {14} Bourns & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 1894, 37; {15) Vorderm., N. T. 

 Ned. Ind. 1895, LIV, 346; {XYl) Butler, Foreign Finches 1894—96, pi. pt. VIH; 

 {11} M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 13; {18) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 

 546, 594. 



h. Padda oryzivora {1) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. 1856, H, 504; {2} Melliss, 

 Ibis 1870, 100; {3) Stolker, J. f. O. 1870, 81; {4) id., ib. 1872, 19; {5} Wald., 

 Tr. Z. S. 1872, VIH, 79; {6) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 263; {7} Sharpe, 

 Tr. L. S. 1877, (2) I, 308, 345; (8) David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine 1877, 344; 

 {9) Stolker, J. f. O. 1877, 444; {10) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 403; 

 {11} Meyer, Ibis 1879, 132; {12) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 646; {13) Kutter, J. f. 0. 

 1885, 352; {14) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Om. 1885, 292; {15) Vorderman, N. T. 

 Ned. Ind. 1885, XLIV, 222; {16) Whitehd., Ibis 1889, 433; {11) Everett, J. Str. Br. 

 R A. S. 1889, 142; {18} Sharpe, Ibis 1890, 280; {19) Steere, List Coll. B. & M. 

 Philipp. Is. 1890, 23; {20) Hagen, Tdschr. Ned. Aard. Genoots. 1890 (2), VTI, 153; 

 (21] Styan, Ibis 1891, 356; {22) De La Touche, Ens 1892, 426. 



'•Burong gottollo", Malay, Celebes, Meyer h 11. 



"Bingissi Djava", Macassar, Platen b 14. 



For further synonymy and references of. Sharpe 9. 



Figures and descriptions. Bartlett VII1\ Butler IKVI; Swains., Zool. Ulustr. HI, pi. 156 

 (1822—23); Russ, Stubenvog. 1879, 136, Taf VIH, f. 33; David & Oust, h 8; 

 Hume & Davis, b 10; Legge b 12; Vorderman b 15; Sharpe 9. 



Adult. Head, nape, chin and upper throat black; cheeks and ear-coverts white; 

 upper surface and breast grey, quills browner, becoming more vinaceous on the 

 sides and abdomen, and white on the under tail-coverts; tail and upper tail- 

 coverts black. Wing 67 mm, tail 43, tarsus 28, bill from nostril 11 l(^, Macassar, 

 Oct. 1871: Meyer — C 404j. Iris red, orbital ring red; bill red, tip white; feet 

 red (Platen b 14). 



Sexes. Similar. 



Young. Without the black head and throat; general colour isabelline above and below, greyer 

 above, especially on the wings; rectrices blackish [rj', Segeri, S. Celebes, Sept. 1871: 

 Meyer — C 405). Iris brownish red (Bernstein 5). 



Eggs, (i — 8; glossy white, rather long; size 21 X 14 mm 'Bernstein 3). "Uniform white, 

 measuring on an average 20 X 14" (Nehrkorn MS.). 



Nest. Of various gi-ass-stalks, rather loosely woven; larger in size and semi-globular in shape 

 when placed in tree-tops, smaller and irregular in shajie when built among parasites 

 on the Ai'eng palm (Bernstein 3). 



Distribution. Java (Horsf. b 5, 9, Bernst. 3, etc.) — Introduced into many other countries, 

 perhaps native to some of them: Bah 'Doherty iS,; Lombok 'Wallace 5, 9); Celebes 

 — Macassar (Wallace b 5, Meyer bll, Platen b 14, Weber 12, Sarasins 17), 



