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with pale outer margin ; and the bill pale, with dusky on its terminal 

 half. Common at Malacca.* 



Calornis affinis, A. Hay. This differs from the Malayan C. cantor in 

 its larger size. Wing four inches to four and a quarter, instead of 

 three and a half to three and five-eighths : and tail three inches to three 

 and a quarter, instead of two inches and a half ; tarse seven- eighths, 

 instead of three-quarters of an inch ; and bill about the same in both : 

 plumage of the two species absolutely similar at all ages, and glossed 

 as brightly in fine specimens of either. C. affinis inhabits Tipperah, 

 Arracan, Tenasserim (?), and the Nicobar Islands : while C. cantor is 

 common at Malacca. 



Pastor temporalis, (Tern., noticed in Vol. XIII, note to p. 366,) proves 

 to be from China, and will rank in Sturnopastor, Hodgson. Lord Arthur 

 Hay has favoured the Society with a specimen from Hong Kong : and his 

 lordship first called my attention to the distinction of size between 

 Calornis cantor and C. affinis. Here, too, may be noticed that I no longer 

 regard Sturnus indicus, Hodg., as distinct from St. vulgaris. 



Fringillidce, sub-fam. Estreldinte. In Vol. XIII, 949, I endeavoured 

 to give a list of the Indian Mooniahs, &c, which was partly corrected in 

 XIV, 554. I now offer a revised list of them. 



1. A. malacca, (Lin.): Coccothraustes javensis, Brisson : White- breasted 

 Indian Sparrow of Edwards. Hab. Peninsular India. 



2. A. sinensis: Coccothraustes sinensis, Brisson: Loxia malacca, var. 

 A, Latham ; Munia rubronigra, Hodgson ; Lonchura melanocephala, 

 Horsfield : Chinese Sparrow of Edwards. Bengal, Nepal, Assam, Arracan. 



3. A. maja : Loxia maja, (nee Fringilla maja,) Lin. : Loxia leucoce- 

 phala, Raffles. As a rare Bengal species, this rests on the authority of a 

 most correct observer, Mr. Frith. It is common in the Malay countries. 



4. A. pectoralis, Jerdon. South India. 



5. A. molucca, (L.) : Munia acuticauda, Hodgson. Nepal, Malacca. 



6. A. striata, (L.) : Fringilla leuconota, Tern. South India, Arracan. 

 Such at least is the range of the Indian species, which Mr. Jerdon 

 thinks is distinct from its Malayan representative : the latter I have not 

 seen ; but, if different, it will retain the name and synonyme here applied 

 to the Indian bird. 



* Pastor chinensis, (L.), as figured in the PI. Enl., to judge from a copy of that 

 figure sent me by Mr. Jerdon, would seem to be an aberrant species of Sturnia, 

 having some affinity for St. sericea and St. malayensis. 



