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Birds of Celebes: Ploceidae. 
c. Uroloncha molucca (1) Sharpe, Cat. B., XITE, 1890, 367. 
For synonymy and further references cf. Salvad. b 7; Sharpe c 1. 
Figure and descriptions. Vieillot, Ois. Chant. 82, pi. 51 (1805 — Loxia variegata); Salvador! 
b 1\ Sharpe c 1. 
Diagnosis. Sides of breast below the black juguhm white, closely marked with vermiculate 
bars of black, lilie the rest of the under snrface (Halmahera: Meyer — Nr. 2037). 
Distribution. Moluccas — Batchian, Ternate, Halmahera, Burn, Amboina (b 1)\ Ceram ('cfj; 
Kei Islands (Beccari h 7); ? Am (Bibbe cf. Meyer, Z. f. g. Om. 1884, 292). 
2. Munia molucca propinqua Hart. 
d. Munia molucca (1) Wall, (nec L.), P. Z. S. 1863, 486; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. VHI, 1872, 
73 (Flores); (3) Meyer, Ztschr. ges. Orn. 1881, 768 (Timor); 2(4) Sclat., P. Z. S. 
1883, 51, 195, 200 (Timorlaut); ? (5) H. O. Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, 433 (Timorlaut). 
e. Droloncha propinqua (1) Sharpe, Cat. B., XI 1 1, 1890, 368 (Flores). 
f. Munia propinqua (1) Biittik., Notes Leyden Mus. 1892, 196 (Flores, Sumbawa, Timor); 
(2) id., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Keise Ost-Ind. 1893, HI, 303 (Flores). 
g. Munia molucca propinqua (1) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 568, 582. 
Descriptions. Sharpe el, Biittik. fl. 
Diagnosis. Sides of breast below the black jugidum almost pure white; the vermiculate bars 
on the rest of the under surface thinner than in the typical form (Timor: Biedel 
— C 6202). 
Distribution. Lesser Sunda Islands — SumbaAva (f 1, Doherty g 1)-, Flores (Wallace el, 
Weber f 5); Sumba (Doherty g 7); Timor (Riedel d 3, Mus. Leyd. f 1)-, Timorlaut 
(if identical — Forbes d 4). 
3. Munia molucca — propinqua. 
h. Munia molucca (1) Wall., Ibis 1860, 147; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VIH, 73 (Cel.); 
(3) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 132; (4) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1883, 138; (5) Guillem., P. Z. S. 
1885, 555; (6) AV. Bias., Ornis 1888, 605 (Gt. Sangi); (7) Biittik., Notes Leyden 
Mus. 1892, 196; (8) id., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Reise Ost.-Ind. 1893, HI, 280; (8) 
M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 14; (9) iid. , ib. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 13; 
(10) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 18; (11) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1897, 157. 
i. ? Munia race, Blyth, Ibis 1870, 172. 
j. Amadina molucca G/* I^riigg., Abh. Ver. Bremen V, 1876, 75; (’SJ Rosenb., Malay. Arch. 
1878, 273. 
k. Munia malacca (1) Joest (nec L.), Das Holontalo 1883, 105. 
l. Uroloncha propinqua (1) Sharpe, Cat. B., XIH, 1890, 368 (Celebes). 
m. Spermestes variegata (A^ieill.) (1) Russ, Gefied. Welt 1879, 361, 371; (2) Meyer, 1. o. 
remarks. 
“Gotolo pinang”, Banka, Nat. Coll. 
“Hatalla”, Gorontalo, Joest k 1, or “Gadollo”, Rosenb.yS. 
“Pelengek”, Pehng, Nat. Coll. 
“Henggeng”, Tagulandang and Siao, iid. 
Diagnosis. Intermediate. 
Distribution. AVe include the birds of the following localities under the above formula. Of 
course it should not be understood that we suppose them to be absolutely iden- 
tical with one another. S. Celebes (AV all. h 2, 1 1, W eber b 7, etc.); S. Central Cel. — 
Palopo (Weber /^ 7); N. Central Cel. — Mapane (P. & F. Sarasin h .9); Minahassa 
