Rosinson & Koss: Birds of West Sumatra. 329 
Feeds on grass-seeds. Not so common as the two 
previous species. 
318. Erythrura prasina (Sparrm.). 
3é6. Kumpulan, Agam, Padang Highlands, 200 M. 
8. Bondjol, Agam, Padang Highlands, 220 M. 
2¢ imm.,4?2. Palembajan, Agam, Padang High- 
lands, 790 M. 
Iris dark greyish brown, bill black, feet and claws 
brownish pink. 
Wings, ¢ 56, 58, 59, 60, 57 (imm.), 57 (imm.); 2 56, 
58, 59, 60 mm. 
The immature males only differ from females in the 
possession of a faint spot of red on the breast. 
The species is very constant throughout its range. 
Lives in small flocks near rice fields ; in some parts of 
the Padang Highlands it is numerous, but never so common 
as M. maja and M. nisoria. 
In the Malay Peninsula it is much more a jungle bird 
than Mr. Jacobson’s note seems to indicate for Sumatra. 
319. Ploceus passerinus infortunatus Hartert. 
RG Ge 1K. IG jo, Bt) 
66,59. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
Male : iris brown, bill brownish black, base of lower 
mandible paler, feet pinkish flesh, claws blackish pink. 
The female has the bill yellowish brown, with the base 
of the lower mandible yellow. 
The immature bird has the bill brownish with a lighter 
base of the lower mandible. 
Wings, ¢ 69, 70, 71, 71, 72, 72; 2 67, 68, 69, 69, 70 mm. 
A bird sexed as a young male only differs from females 
in the darker coiour of the bill. 
All the birds were from the same colony in some 
cocopalms in a garden (January—April). 
FRINGILLIDAE. 
320. Passer montanus malaccensis Dubois. 
IR Ge 1, ING fog TPA, 
2é, 6 imm., 3¢. Fort de Kock, Padang High- 
lands, 920 M. 
$ imm., ° ad., ? imm. Alahan Pandjang, Pad- 
ang Highlands, 1500 M. 
Iris dark brown, bill black, feet brownish pink. 
Wings, 3 70, 68, 66 (imm.), 65 (imm.); 9? 67, 67 
(albino), 66, 66, 66 (imm.). 
