

550 .Birds of Celebes: Ploceidae. 



c. Uroloncha molucca (1) Sharpe, Cat. B., XIII, 1890, 367. 



For synonymy and further references cf. Salvad. h 1\ Sharj^e c 1. 



Figure and descriptions. Vieillot, Ois. Chant. 82, pi. 51 (1805 — Loxia variegata); Salvador! 



b 1; Sharpe c 1. 

 Diagnosis. Sides of breast below the black jugulum white, closely marked with vermiculate 



bars of black, hke the rest of the under surface (Halmahera: Meyer — Nr. 2037). 

 Distribution, Moluccas — Batcliian, Ternate, Halmahera, Buru, Amboina (b 1) ; Ceram (c 1) ; 



Kei Islands (Beccari b 1]\ ? Aru (Ribbe cf. Meyer, Z. f. g. Om. 1884, 292). 



2. Munia molucca propinqua Hart. 



d. Munia molucca (1) Walk (nee L.), P. Z. S. 1863, 486; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. YHI, 1872, 



73 (Flores); (3) Meyer, Ztschr. ges. Orn. 1881, 768 (Timor); "> (4) Sclat., P. Z. S. 

 1883, 51, 195, 200 (Tunorlaut); ? (5) H. 0. Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, 433 (Timorlaut). 



e. Uroloncha propinqua (1) Sharpe, Cat. B., XIII, 1890, 368 (Flores). 



f. Munia propinqua (1) Biittik. , Notes Leyden Mus. 1892, 196 (Flores, Sumbawa, Timor); 



12) id., Zool. Erg. Weber's Eeise Ost-Ind. 1893, m, 303 (Flores). 



g. Munia molucca propinqua (1) Hart, Nov. Zool. 1S96, 568, 582. 

 Descriptions. Sharpe el, Biittik. f 1. 



Diagnosis. Sides of breast below the black jugidum almost pure white; the vermiculate bars 



on the rest of the under surface thinner than in the typical form (Timor: Hie del 



— C 6202). 

 Distribution. Lesser Sunda Islands — Sumbawa (f 1, Doherty g 1)\ Flores (Wallace el, 



Weber /"S^; Sumba (Doherty ^r 7); Timor fRiedel rf .3, Mus. Leyd. /"i); Tunorlaut 



(if identical — Forbes d 4). 



3. Munia molucca ^ — ^ propinqua. 



h. Munia molucca (1) Walk, Ibis 1860, 147; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHI, 73 (Cel.); 

 (3) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 132; (4) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1S83, 138; (5) Guillem., P. Z. S. 

 1885, 555; (6) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 605 (Gt. Sangi); (7) Biittik., Notes Leyden 

 Mus. 1892, 196; (8) id., Zook Erg. Weber's Reise Ost.-Ind. 1S93, m, 280; (8) 

 M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 14; (9) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 13; 

 (10) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 18; (11) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1897, 157. 



i. ? Munia race, Blyth, Ibis 1870, 172. 



j. Amadina molucca ('Jj Briigg., Abh. Ver. Bremen V, 1876, 75; (^SJRosenb. , Malay. Ai'ch. 

 1878, 273. 



k. Munia malacca (1) Joest (nee L.j, Das Holontalo 1883, 105. 



/. Uroloncha propinqua 1) Sharpe, Cat. B., XIH, 1890, 368 (Celebes). 



711. Spermestes variegata (Vieilkj (1) Russ, Gefied. Welt 1879, 361, 371; (2) Meyer, 1. c. 

 remarks. 



"Gotolo pinang", Banka, Nat. Coll. 



"Hatalla", Gorontalo, Joest k 1, or "GadoUo", Rosenb.jS. 



"Pelengek", Peling, Nat. Co Ik 



"Henggeng", Tagulandang and Siao, iid. 



Diagnosis. Intermediate. 



Distribution. We include the birds of the following localities under the above formula. Of 

 course it should not be understood that we sujipose them to be absolutely iden- 

 tical with one another. S. Celebes (Wall, h 2, 11, Weber h 7, etc.); S. Central Cel. — 

 Palopo (Weber h 7); N. Central Cel. — Mapane (P. & F. Sarasin h 9); Minahassa 



