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*199. P. philippics (J. 694). 

 T. baya, nobis ; cf. W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. xli. pt. 2, p. 167. Tsa-ghaung-kwet. 



Arakan, Lower Pegu, Malacca, Sumatra, not Philippines. Attaches its 

 pensile nests to the projecting thatch of dwelling-houses in Kangoon, as duly 

 noticed by Jerdon. 



[Rangoon, Tonghoo (W. JR.); Thayet Myo (0.).] 



*200. P. MANYAE (J. 695). 



Arakan, Thayet Myo, Siam, Java. 



201. P. BE^GALENSIS (J. 696). 



Thayet Myo, Ava. 



Fam. Astrildidae. 



Waxbills, Amadavats, etc. 



202. Padda oeyzivoea. 



Loxia oryzivora, Lin. ; Edwards, pi. 41. 



The well-known "Java Sparrow" of British dealers in birds, which is 

 extensively diffused over the Malay countries, was procured in Mergui 

 province by Major Berdmore. Mr. Swinhoe notices it from Amoy, Hong- 

 kong, and Shanghai ; but in the vicinity of those emporia it has probably 

 escaped from captivity in the first instance, as it likewise has in that of 

 Madras, in Madagascar, Zanzibar island, the Seychelles, St. Helena, Celebes, 

 and the Philippines. 



*203. Mtjota etjbeimgea (J. 698). 



Arakan, Pegu, Tenasserim, South-west China. Common. Bornean speci- 

 mens are similar to Indian and Burmese, having the black of the abdominal 

 region and lower tail-coverts well developed ; but this black is much reduced 

 in quantity, and sometimes nearly obsolete, in examples from Malacca and 

 Sumatra. In the race inhabiting Celebes (M. hrunneiceps, "Walden), the 

 black beneath is well developed, while that on the head and neck is much 

 embrowned. The race with white underparts, having the black abdominal 

 patch and lower tail-coverts (Edwards, pi. 355), has never been observed 

 eastward of the Bay of Bengal, but occurs rarely in Lower Bengal, and 

 prevalently (if not wholly) in South India and Ceylon, if. formosana, 

 Swinhoe,* is yet another of these very slightly differing races, for which 

 names are barely admissible. 



[Tonghoo {W.R.).\ 



* Ibis, 1865, p. 356. 



