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271 ... Upper plumage plain ... 85 O. spiloptera 

 5 ... 272 ... Nostrils pierced partly within 

 the line of forehead ; space 

 between nostril and edge of 

 mandible greater than be- 

 tween nostril and culmen... Ploceidse 



273 ... First primary about as long 



as the tarsus ; a partial 



spring moult ... Ploceinas ... 281 



274 ... Bill much longer than high ; 



no nuchal hairs ; difference 

 between wing and tail more 

 than length of tarsus ... Ploceus 



275 ... Crown of head yellow 



276 ... Breast yellow ... 86 P. baya (breeding 



277 ... Breast fulvous, boldly streak- male) 



ed with black ... 87 P. manyar (breeding 



male) 



278 ... Crown of head brown 



279 ... Lower plumage pale fulvous 86 P. baya (females and 



males in winter) 



280 ... Breast boldly streaked with 



black ... ... 87 P. manyar (females 



273 ... 281 ... First pirmary very minute, and males in winter) 

 much shorter than tarsus ; 

 no spring moult ... Viduinse 



282 ... Middle pair of tail feathers 



narrow and pointed 



283 ... Tail rounded, crown black ... Munia ... 285 



284 ... Lower breast and sides of 



body white ... 88 M. malacca 



283 ... 285 ... Tail wedge-shaped ; crown of 

 much the same colour as 

 back ... ... Uroloncha 



286 ... Rump white ... 89 U. striata* 



287 ... No white on rump 



288 ... Shafts of feathers of upper 



plumage pale ; upper tail 

 coverts black or tipped 



with glistening fulvous ... — ... 292 



289 ... Abdomen and sides of body 



cross-barred with brown ... 



290 ... Chin and throat black ... 90 U. kelaartii 



291 ... Chin and throat chestnut ... 92 U. punctulata 

 288 ... 292 ... Shafts of feathers of upper 



plumage of same colour as 

 feathers ; upper tail coverts 

 white ... ... 91 U. malabarica 



4 ... 293 ... Wing with nine primaries, 

 first and second nearly equal 

 294 ... Bill conical, pointed entire ; 



longest secondaries reaching 

 to a point midway between 

 the middle of the wing and 



the tip ... ... Fringillidse ... 3 



