MFNIA MALACCA. 
(THE BLACK-BELLIED MDNIA.) 
Coccothraustes javanensis, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 237 (1770). 
Loocia malacca, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 302 (1766). 
Spermestes malacca, Jerdon, Cat. B. S. Ind., Madr. Journ. 1839, xi. p. 27. 
Amadina malacca, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1846, xv. p. 285 ; Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. p. 125 
(1852); Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiii. p. 258. 
Mania malacca, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 116 (1849) ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 352 
(1863); Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 464; Hume, Nests and Eggs, ii. p. 443; Legge, Ibis, 
1874, p. 25, et 1875, p. 398. - 
White-breasted Indian Sparrow, Edwards, Gleanings, p. 301, pi. 355. 
Malacca Grosbeak, Latham ; Malacca Finch, Kelaart ; Black-headed Mania, Jerdon ; The 
Chestnut-backed Mania of some; Paddy-bird, Ortolan in Ceylon. Nakal-nor, Hind.; 
Nalla jinuwayi, Telugu (Jerdon). 
Wk-kandla, Sinhalese ; Tinna kuriivi, Tamils ; Pastro de Heli, Portuguese in Ceylon. 
Adult male. Length 4‘6 to 4*8 inches ; wing 2'1 to 2'3 ; tail 1‘5 to 1'6 ; tarsus 0’7 ; middle toe and olaw 0'65 to 
0-8 ; bill to gape 0-45, at front 0-5, height at nostril 0-34 ; hind toe 0-35, claw (straight) 0-3. Birds from the 
hills appear to average larger than low-country individuals. 
MUNIA EUBEONI&RA. 
(the CHESTXUT-BELLIED MUNIA.) 
Munia ruhronigra, Hodgson, As. Ees. xix. p. 153 (1836); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 116 (1849); Holdsw. 
P. Z. S. 1872, p. 464 ; Layard, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 205 ; Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 25. 
Amadina ruhronigra, Layard, Ann. & Mag. ISTat. Hist. 1854, xiii. p. 258. 
Munia atrkapilla (Vieill.), Hume, Nests and Eggs, ii. p. 444 (1874); Salvadori, Ucc. d. Born. p. 265 (1874). 
Pora Munia ; NuTc roul at Mussouri (Blyth). 
Adult male and female. Length “ 4-o inches ” (J«rdo«) ; wing 2-1 to 2-2; tail 1-6; tarsus 0-65; middle toe 0-6, claw 
(straight) 0-2 ; bill to gape 0-42, height at nostril 0'3. 
“Iris brown; bill and feet plumbeous” (Jerdon). 
Entn-e head, neck, and upper chest jet-black ; rest of body and wings dark chestnut, changing abruptly into dull black 
on the centre of the lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, and blending into the dark maroon of the upper 
tail-coverts ; tail chestnut-brown, the feathers margined near the tips with paler maroon than the coverts. 
This species differs from M. malacca merely in the chestnut colouring of the under surface, having the head, neck, and 
black lower-surface patch the same. 
Young (N.W. Himalayas : Pinwell). Above brown, tinged with rufous on the back and rump ; the throat white ; 
chest and flanks rufescent fulvous, paling on the centre of the breast ; thighs brownish rufous. 
■ Ohs. Doubts exist whether Vieillot’s name atricapilla (Ois. Chant. 84, pi. 53) applies to this bird or not. I retain 
Hodgson’s name, however, as the species only takes a doubtful place among the ornis of Ceylon. 
Distribution . — Layard remarks (loc. cit.) that he found this Munia about Halle ; but as it has never since been seen 
in Ceylon, and is a bird which does not strictly belong to the south of India, its presence in the Galle district must have 
