128 A COLLECTION OF BTRDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 



3 $ , $ imm., 9 imm., Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 

 2nd November 1916— 11th March 1917 [Nos. 157, 

 158, 756, 790-1, 794]. 



? Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 15th July 1916. 



Wing, $ , 67, 68, 66; 9, 66, 68, 63 mm. 



Xot impossibly introduced into Sumatra as it certainly 

 has been into Singapore and the Malay Peninsula. 



220. Munia acuticauda, Hodgs. 



Bobinson and Kloss, p. 240; Hartert, p. 214. 



2 9 , Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 30th June 1916— 24th 



January 1917 [Xos. 660, 671]. 

 Wing, 9 , 48, 46 mm. 

 Always much rarer than the two succeeding species. 



221. Munia maja, (Linn.). 



Bobinson and Kloss, p. 239; Hartert, p. 214. 



2 ad. Xo exact locality. 



2 imm. Xo exact locality, 28th July 1916. 



1 imm. Xo exact locality, 15th July 1916. 



2 $ , 9 , 9 imm., Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 22nd 



July 1916— 14th October 1917 [Xos. 16, 558, — , 



Wing, $ , 51, 52 mm. 



222. Munia punctulata nisoria (Temm.). 



Bobinson and Kloss, p. 239 ; Hartert, p. 214. 



5 3, 9 , S imm., Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 14th 



October 1916— 11th February 1917 [Xos. 15, 17, 



557, 565,-8]. 



2 ad. Xo exact locality. 



Wing, $ , 51, 50, 49, 49, 49; 9 , 50 mm. 



223. Passer montana malaccensis, Dubois. 



Hartert, Palaarkt. Faun. Yog., I, p. 161 (1904). 

 Passer montanus, Hartert, p. 214. 

 $ . Xo exact locality, 2nd September, 1916. 



3 3, ? Polonia, Deli/X. E. Sumatra, 22nd October 1916 



1st February 1917 [Xos. 769, 770, — , 805]. 



Wing, $ , 62 (worn) 65, 66, 66 mm. 



Dubois has separated the tropical race of the European 

 Tree-Sparrow as being smaller and more richly coloured as 

 is undoubtedly the case.* Whether the race should be united 

 with that described by Stejneger from the Liu-Kiu Islands — 

 Passer montana saturahis (Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus. VIII. p. 19 

 (1885) from a single specimen as Van Oort holds (Xotes 

 Leyden Mus. XXXII. pp. 165-6, 1910) we are unable to state. 



224. Motacilla flava simillima, Hartert. 



Hartert, Yog. Pallarkt Faun., I, p. 289 (1905). 

 2 $ , 9 3? (all imm.), Polonia Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 3rd 

 November 1916— 5th February 1917 [Xos. 638, 638 

 bis., 644 ]. 



*Faun. Vert Belg. Oiseaux, I p. 573 (1885). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



