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1 16. MuNIA MAJA. 



Loxia maja, Linn. S. N. i. p. 301 (Vieill. Ois. Chant, t. 56). 

 Munia maja, Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 116 ; Moore, 

 Catal. B. Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 505. 



Fringilla maja, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 162. 



Dermophrys maja, Cabanis, Catal. B. Mus. Heine, p. 174. 



Loxia leucocephala, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 314. 



Bondol, Java (Horsfield). 



Pipit, Sumatra (Raffles). 



Petap Whobun, Malays (Blyth). 



From Pinang. 



117. Munia sinensis. 



Coccothraustes sinensis, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 238. 

 Munia sinensis, Blyth, Catal. Birds, Mus. A. S. Beng. App. p. 337; 

 Moore, Catal. Birds Mus. East Ind. Comp. ii. p. 508. 

 Loxia malacca, var. /3, Linn. S.N. i. p. 302. 

 Munia malacca (part.), Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 432. 

 Loxia atricapilla, Vieillot, Ois. Chant, t. 53. 

 Chinese Sparrow, Edwards, Birds, t. 43. 

 Malacca Grosbeak, var. A, Lath. Hist, of B. v. p. 244. 

 Obtained at Pinang. 



118. Munia acuticauda. 



Munia acuticauda, Hodgson, As. Res. 1836, p. 153; Moore, 

 Catal. Birds Mus. East Ind. Comp. ii. p. 510. 



Amadina acuticauda, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 949 ; Strick- 

 land, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 103. 



Amadina molucca, apud G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 370. 



Uroloncha molucca, apud Cabanis, Catal. B. Mus. Heine, p. 173. 



I Loxia molucca, Linn. S. N. i. p. 302 ; Lath. Hist. v. p. 246. 



Sparp- tailed Munia, Hodgson. 



Petap, Pinang (Blyth) . 



From Malacca and Pinang. 



This bird has the chin and throat only blackish, the breast being 

 dark brown, with whitish shafts and borders to the feathers, and the 

 belly dull white, with dusky pencillings ; whereas in M. striata (Linn.) 

 the throat, to breast inclusive, is uniform blackish, and the belly, 

 vent, and flanks, white. The upper parts of both are nearly similar, 

 but in M. acuticauda the brown colour is paler, and the upper tail- 

 coverts are brown ; in M. striata these being black. 



Also inhabits Nepal, Assam, and Tenasserim. 



119. Ploceus baya. 



Ploceus baya, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 945 (1844). 

 Pinang and Malacca. 



120. EULABES JAVANENSIS. 



Corvus javanensis, Osbeck, It. p. 102 (1757); Edw. B. t. 17, 

 lower fig. 



