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it on the patanas of all the coffee districts. It is equally abundant 

 in all parts of the low-country (except perhaps in the Kataragama 

 district) wherever the features of the locality suit its habits. 



106. Munia Malacca, Linn. — The Black-headed Munia, 

 The Cinnamon-backed Munia; Amadina Malacca, Linn. — Lay- 

 ard, Annals Natural History, page 258 ; Kelaart, Prodromus 

 Faunas Zeylancia, page 125, 



ISorthern, Western, and Southern Provinces. Appears not to ascend 

 into the hills, and is not very abundant anywhere in the low coun- 

 try. Found in the Western and Southern Provinces about inland 

 paddy fields, surrounded with wild jungle, and occurs in such 

 like localities in the north-east, about Trincomalee. In the south- 

 west it occurs near Galle, when the paddy is in ear, coming 

 down from the interior, and evidently retiring again after the 

 harvest. Layard found it at Jaffna, loc. cit, 



107. Munia Striatus, Linn. — The White-backed Munia. 

 " Wi-kurulla," Sinhalese name for all the Munias. A mad in a 

 Striata. Lin n. — L ay ard , Annals Natural History, 1854, page 

 258 ; Kelaart, Prodromus Faunae Zeylanica, page 126. 



Throughout the low-country of the north-west and south and proba- 

 bly the east, and ascending up to 3,000 feet on the patanas of the 

 Central Province. In the western district occurs about Kotte 

 and its neighbourhood, and throughout the country at the same 

 distance from the seflr-dewn to the Galle district, where it is 

 numerous about Baddegama and such places. Affects grassy, 

 scrubby clearings and overgrown gardens in preference to paddy 

 fields. Not abundant in the north-east. 



108. Munia Kelaarti, Bhjth. — The Ce/lon Munia. 

 Kelaart's Munia. A mad in a pectoral is,* Jerdon ; Layard, Annals 

 Natural History, 1854, volume 13, page 258. 



Common in the Central Province from Nuwara Eliya down to as 

 low as 2,500 feet, where I have seen it in the same patana with 

 M. Undulataand M. Striatus. I have not met with it in the 

 Kukulu or Morowak Korale, and doubt if it occurs in the Southern 

 hills. 



109. Estrelda Amandava, Linn —-The Amaduvad, Red 

 Wax-bill. Vide my notes (J., K. A. S., C. B., 1870-71.) 



Neighbourhoods of Colombo and Galle. No doubt this bird has 

 become acclimatised in, or rather been introduced into, the Island 



* An Indian species, allied to our bird, which has been separated from it 

 since Layard wrote. 



