CATALOGUE. 
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d. e. (M. lineownter, Hodgs.) Nepal. Presented by B. 
H. Hodgson, Esq. 
f. g. Drawings. From Heyne's Collection. 
Mr. Jerdon remarks, " I obtained this pretty species on tbe 
Neilgherries, frequenting long grass and bushes, and feediag on 
various seeds, in small parties of four or five. It is met with occa- 
sionally in various parts of the country, as in Mysore, and some of 
the more wooded spots, near large towns in the table-land." 
"Elies in large flocks, and is to be met with in most parts of 
Eengal." — (Pearson.) 
" Sexes alike." — (Hodgson.) 
773. MUNI A MALACCA, Linn. Sp. 
Loxia malacca, Linn., S. N. 1. p. 302. Uaffles, Trans. 
Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 313. Lath., Hist. Y. p. 244. 
(Vieill, Ois. Chant, t. 52.) 
Munia malacca, JBlyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 116. 
Bonap., G. G. Av. p. 432. 
Spermestes malacca, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. p. 27. 
Amadina malacca, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XV. p. 285. 
G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, II. p. 370. 
Dermophrys malacca, Cabanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, p. 174. 
Coccothraustes javensis, Briss., Orn. III. p. 237. 
Amadina sinensis, apud Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XV. 
pp. 36, 285. 
White-breasted Indian Sparrow, LJdw., Birds, t. S55,f. 2. 
Malacca Grosbeak, Lath., Hist, of Birds, V. p. 244. 
Black-headed Einch, Jerdon. 
NrKL-KOEE, Hind., Jerdon. 
a. S. India. Donor unknown. 
"I observed this bird in the Carnatic, frequenting long reeds 
and grass, by the side of rivers, and in the table-land in similar 
situations, though more rare, and most numerous in the wooded 
region of the west coast, frequenting grain-fields in large flocks, 
along with the White-rumped Einch (M. striata, Linn.)." — (Jerdon.) 
774. MUNIA BUBRONIGER, Hodgson. 
Munia rubroniger, Hodgs., As. Bes. XIX. ^. 153 (1836). 
Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XXII. p. 412 ; Cat. B. Mus. 
A. S. Beng. p. 116. 
