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CATALOGUE. 
Genus Poliospiza, Schiff. (1850). 
Tephrospiza, Reichenbacli (1850). 
765. POLIOSPIZA TBISTRIATA, Ruppell Sp. 
Serinus tristriata, Buppell, Faun. Abyss, t. 35,/. 2 ; Syst. 
Tlebers. p. 77. 
Poliospiza tristriata, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 519. 
Fringilla tristriata, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 11. p. 371. 
Passer tristriata, BlytJi, J. A. S. Beng. XXIV. p. 257. 
A. Abyssinia. From Harris's Collection. 
Genus Estrelda, Swainson, Classif. of B. p. 280 (1837). 
Habeopyga, Cabanis (1847). 
AsTEiLDA, Beichenbach (1850). 
SpoEJiiGiNTHTJS, Cabanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, p. 170 
(1851). 
LoxiGiLLA,^. Lesson. 
766. ESTRELDA AMANDAVA, Linn. Sp. 
Fringilla amandava. Linn., S. AT. 1. p. 319. Lath., Hist. 
ofB. Yl. p. 104. F. (B.) HamUton, MS. II. p. 101. 
Estrelda amandava, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. p. 26. 
BlytJi, J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 949 ; XYI. p. 470 ; 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 118. G. B. Gray, Gen. 
of Birds, 11. p. 370. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 459. 
Linaria amandava, Sykes, P. Z. S. (1832), p. 95. 
Sporseginthus amandava, Cabanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, 
p. 170. 
Amadina punctata, Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist. XII. p. 166. 
Amaduvade Einch, Fdw., Birds, t. 355,/! 1. 
Lal, or Lal Munia, Hind., F. (B.) Hamilton. Jerdon. 
Lal ^, MuNiA ? , Hind., Hutton. 
A. B. ?. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
b. c?. Bengal. Presented by Dr. Falconer. 
c. ? . Nepal. (No. 914, Hodgs. Cat.) Presented by B. 
H. Hodgson, Esq., September, 1853. 
d. e. Scinde. Presented by Dr. Henry Gould. 
" This pretty bird is far from being common in the South of India. 
I have observed it in great abundance on the top of the Neilgherries, 
where it frequents meadows and bushy ground, but frequently also 
