328 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums.  [Vou. XI, 
in the ricefields. The flocks are by far not so large as the 
enormous congregations in which Munia oryzivora is seen 
during the rice harvest in Java. 
315. Munia atricapilla (Vieill.). 
R. & K., III, p. 112. 
8. Pangkalan Koto Baharu, Pajokumbuh, Pad- 
ang Highlands, 120 M. 
Iris dark brown, bill bluish grey, feet dark plumbeous. 
Wing 52 mm. 
Does not occur in the Padang Highlands proper, for 
Pangkalan Koto Baharu is situated in the great plain to 
the north of the Barisan chain. The species lives in small 
flocks of ten to fifteen birds and is not so common as 
M. maja and M. nisoria. 
Not so pale as specimens from the Batak Highlands. 
316. Munia punctularia nisoria (Temm.). 
R. & K., I, p. 239. 
4¢,4¢. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
é. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 480 M. 
Iris reddish brown, upper mandible black, lower bluish 
grey, feet plumbeous. 
Wings, 3 54, 54, 53, 53,51; 9 53.5, 51, 51, 51 mm. 
Lives in open country and near villages. 
Gathers during the rice harvest in much smaller flocks 
than M. maja. 
Nests by preference in pinangpalms. (Areca catechu). 
317. Munia acuticauda acuticauda Hodgs. 
R. & K., I, p. 240. 
?. Fort van der Capellan, Padang Highlands, 
465 M. 
$ juv., 2. Talu, Ophir Districts, 520 M. 
8. Sandaran Agung, Korinchi, 733 M. 
é. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
Iris dark brown, upper mandible black, lower bluish 
grey, feet plumbeous, soles greenish grey. 
Wings, ¢ 49, 49, 51 (juv.); 9 48, 44 mm. 
The young male differs from the adult in being paler, 
less blackish above, with a slight wash of ochreous on the 
white rump, throat and foreneck present a few blackish 
patches only. , 
Lives in small flocks of ten to twelve birds in open 
country, village and town gardens. 
