PLOCETIS MANYAE. 
(THE STEIATED WEAVEE-BIRD.) 
Fringilla manyar, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 160 (1820). 
Ploceus manyar (Horsf.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 115 (1849) ; Layard, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 1854, xiii. p. 257 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 514 (1856) ; 
Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 348 (1863); Hume, Str. Feath. 1873, p. 208; Hume, Nests 
and Eggs, ii. p. 440 (1874); Oates & Hume, ibid. 1875, p. 154 ; Butler & Hume, t. c. 
p. 495 ; Butler, ibid. 1877, p. 221 ; Davison & Hume, ibid. 1878 (B. of Tenass.), 
p. 401 ; Ball, ibid. vii. p. 222 ; Cripps, t. c. p. 292. 
'iPloceus hengalensis, Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat, p. 125. 
Ploceus striatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1842, xi. p. 873 ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 463. 
The Black-throated Weaver-hird ; Black-hreasted Weaver-bird of some. Bamani Baya, 
Hind., Deccan; Telia Baya, Bengal.; Bawoyi, in Kungpore; Manyar, Java. 
AfMt male and female. (BriOsh Museum, “India”) Wing 2-7 to 2-81 inches; tail 1-9 to 2-0; tarsus 0-7 to 0-8; 
/T f ; bill to gape 0-65, height at nostril 0-38. Length 5-8 inches (Jerdon') 
(Java) Wmg 2-7 to 2-8 inches ; tail 2-0 ; tarsus 0-8. 
Iris brown; bill “black” {Jerdon)-, legs and feet fleshy. 
Breediwj-plumage. Head and crown rich gUstening yellow, forming a point on the nape ; cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, 
and throat brownish black; hind neck, interscapular region, and scapulars blackish brown, the feathers margined 
^nth tawny ; back, rump, and upper_ tail-coverts lighter brown than the hind neck, with paler margins to the 
feathers; wings and tail brown; the inner secondaries broadly edged with fulvous; the primaries and tail-feathers 
PADDA OETZIVOEA. 
(the java sparkow.) 
Loxia oryzwm-a, Lmn. Syst. Ant. i. p. 302 (1766). 
Amadina orizivora (L.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. 8. B. p. 118 (1849). 
Munia orizivora (L.), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Ay. p. 451 (1850). 
Padda orizivora (L.), Hume, A'ests and Eggs, ii. p. 454 (1874). 
Fringilla orizivora, Bligh, J. A. S. (Ceylon Branch), 1874, p. 67. 
Tlie Java Grosheah, Latham. Glate, Java; GelatiJc, Sumatra (Horsf.) ; Ram Gira, in Bengal (Blyth). 
Adult male. (Ceylon, December 1870) Length 5-8 inches; wing 2-7; tail 1-8; tarsus 0-75; middle toe and claw 0-8- 
bill at front 0*6. > 
(Java, Lombok, Tenasserim) Wing 2-6 to 2-8 Inches; tafl 1-9 ; tarsus 0-65 to 0-75; middle toe 0-6; bill to gape 0-5 
Iris red ; bill fleshy red at base, paling to fleshy towards the tip ; legs and feet fleshy. ’ & P ■ 
Entire head and gape black, encompassing a large white patch which covers the cheeks and ear-coverts • upper surface 
wings, entire neck, and chest delicate dove-grey; primaries tinged with brown; upper tail-coverts’ and tail black’, 
the tail less intense than the coverts ; breast, belly, and flanks isabelline red, blending into the grey of the chest 
vent and under tail-coverts white. 
A Lombok example has the breast and abdomen darker red than one from Java ; a specimen from Tenasserim is albes- 
cent on the abdomen. 
Obs. A handsome species allied to this one is P. fuscata-, it has the head and throat black, enclosing a similar white 
