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Genus MUNI A Hodgson, 
Munia atricapilla ( Vieill,) , Black-headed Munia. 
Munia atricapilla atricapilla (Vieill.), 
Loxia atricapilla Vieillot, Ois. Chan tears, 1807, p. 84, pi. 53 : 
Lower Bengal (resir. Rob. and Kloss, 1923). 
Distr . — Peninsular Siam.* 
Munia atricapilla sinensis Blyltl. 
Munia sinensis Blyth, Cat. Bds. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1849, p. 337: 
Penang, 
Munia sumatrensis Bartlett, Monograph of Weaver Birds, 1888, p. 29, 
pi. 5 : Sumatra. 
Distr . — Malay States. 
Sumatra (lowlands); Rhio Archipelago. 
Munia atricapilla batakana Chas. and Kloss. 
Munia atricapilla batakana Chasen and Kloss, Bull, Raffles Mus. ii, 
1929, p, 23 : Brastagi, Battak Highlands, North Sumatra. 
Distr. — Sumatra (mountains). 
Munia atricapilla ferrugino** (Spamn.). Black-throated Munia. 
Loxia ferruginosa Sparrman, Mus. Carls, iv, 1789, pis. 90, 91 : 
Java. 
F ringilla majanoidc Temm., Pi. Col. 500, 1830: Java. 
Distr. — Java; Bali. 
Munia atricapilla minuta- ( Mey. ) . 
F ringilla minuta Meyen, Verh. Carol. -Leopold. Akad. d, Naturf. 
xvi t 1834, Suppl. p. 86 t. 12: Philippine Islands. 
Distr. — Borneo; N a tuna Islands. 
Munia maja (Linn.). White-headed Munia, 
Munia maja maja (Linn.), 
Loxia Maja Linn,, Syst. Nat, 12th. ed, i, r 766, p, 301 : East Indies 
= Malacca [restr. Rob. and Kloss, 1924). 
Loxia leucocephala Raffles, Trans, Linn, Soc. xiii, 1S22, p, 314 : Sumatra. 
Munia maja zapercna Oberh,, Journ. Wash. Acad. Sd, xvi, 1926, p. 521 : 
Java. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Nias. 
Java; Bali, 
* Perhaps here not quite atricapilla but atricapilla ;> sinensis. 
1 A review of this species is needed for the races seem curiously mixed in 
Malaysia, the Philippines, and Celebes. Birds from Borneo and the Natunas 
have been referred to brunneiceps Wald,, of Macassar, Celebes, but some 
skins from North Borneo, and from the Natuna Islands are nearer to minuta 
(syn. jagori). 
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