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The Crimson-breasted Oriole has the iris chestnut and the bill and feet 

 pale bluish-horn. Specimens from the Malay Peninsula appear to be some- 

 what larger than those from Sumatra, males from the former locality having 

 the wing 5-4 inches, while those from the latter measure 5* 1-5*2 inches. We 

 may here remark that 0. vulneratus, Sharpe, from Borneo, appears to be 

 indistinguishable from the present species, the supposed differences found in 

 the gloss of the upper parts and the amount of red on the primary-coverts 

 being apparently of no importance (cf. Ibis, 1887, p. 438). 



' This bird frequents dark, and narrow gullies overgrown with the 

 thickest vegetation, and is shy and retiring in its habits. Its lower limit is 

 about three thousand feet, and it is by no means a rare bird to those acquainted 

 with its habits.' 



PLOCEIDAE 



12. Munia maja, (Linn.) 

 Munia maja, Bonhote, p. 67. 



$ imm. Patani. 30th May. (No. 143) 



$ ad. Ban Sai Kau. 20th December. 



£ad. Biserat. 1 8th July. (No. 288) 



This White-headed Munia has the iris brown, the bill lead-blue, and the 

 feet greyish-black. 



' Common on the rice-fields and on waste ground ; a favourite cage bird 

 with Malays. Malay name, Burong pipit ; Burong laki padi (husband of the 

 rice).' 



13. Munia acuticauda, Hodgs. 

 Munia acuticauda, Hartert, p. 579. 



£ad. Ban Sai Kau, Nawngchik. 26th April. (No. 10) 



Hodgson's Munia has the iris rich sienna-brown, the bill bluish lead- 

 colour, black along the culmen, and the feet greyish-black. 



{ Not so common as the preceding species and found as a rule in low brush- 

 wood overgrown with lalang grass.' 



14. Ploceus atrigula, Hodgs. 

 Ploceus atrigula, Bonhote, p. 67. 

 Ploceus passerinus infortunatus, Hartert, p. 577. 



9 ad. Ban Sai Kau. 24th May. (No. 1 31) 

 $ ad. Biserat, Jalor. 1st July. (No. 223) 



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