MUNIA MALABAEICA. 
(THE PLAIN BLOWN MUNIA.) 
Loxia malaharica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 305 (1766). 
Munia malaharica, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 117 (1849) ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. 
p. 357 (1863); Holdsw. P.Z.S. 1872, p. 464; Hume, Str. Feath. 1873, p. 209; Adam, 
t. c. p. 387; Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 25; Butler & Hume, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 496; 
Fairbank, ibid. 1876, p. 261; Ball, ibid. 1878, vii. p. 222; Cripps, t. c. p. 293. 
Amadina malaharica, Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. p. 125 (1854); Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. 1854, xiii. p. 258. 
Malabar Grosbeak, Latham ; Malabar Finch, Kelaart ; Pin-tailed Munia, The Pin-tailed 
Finch of some in India. Charchara, Hind., N.W. Prov. ; Chorga, Hind, in North ; 
Piddari, Hind, in South and Central India ; Sar-munia, Bengal. ; Jinuwayi, Telugu. 
Adult male. Length 4-9 inches ; wing 2-1 to 2-2 ; tail 2-0 ; tarsus 0-55 ; middle toe and claw 0-6 ; bill at front 0-37 ; 
central rectrices in fine specimens 0'25 inch longer than the next pair. 
Female. Somewhat smaller ; wing 2-05 inches ; tail 1-7. 
Iris brown ; bill, upper mandible dusky leaden, lower bluish : legs and feet lilac or mauve in some. 
Above pale earth-brown, darkest on the head ; wings and tail deep brown, the dark colour on the wdng confined to the 
Genus BSTLELDA. 
Bill smaller, more compressed towards the point, and more flattened at the base than in Munia ; tarsus slenderer 
and proportionately longer ; hind claw long. Of smaller size than Munia ; bill red. The male acquiring a breeding- 
plumage in some species. 
ESTEELDA AMANDAVA. 
(the EEH WAXBILL.) 
Frimjilla anutndava, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 319 (1766). 
Estrelda amandava, Jerdon, Cat. B. S. India, Madr. Journ, 1839, xi. p. 26 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 118 
(1849); Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 369 (1863); Legge, J. A. S. (Ceylon Branch), 1870-71, p. 53 (first record 
from Ceylon); Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 464; Hume, Nests and Eggs, ii. p. 454 (1874) ; Legge Ibis 1874 
p. 25 ; Butler & Hume, Str. Eeath. 1875, p. 496. 
Anuiduvad Finch, Edwards, Birds, pi. 355. fig. 1. 
Amaduvad, Europeans in India. Lai (male), Munia (female), but umaWj Lal-munia, Hind.; Terra jinuwaxji, Telugu. 
Adult male (Colombo, June). Length 4-1 inches ; wing 1-6; tail 1-7; tarsus 0-5 ; middle toe and claw 0-62 • biU at 
front 0-4. ’ 
Iris vermilion, blackish at the base of upper mandible ; legs and feet fleshy reddish grey. 
Breeding-plumage. Head, upper tail-coverts, throat, chest, and breast crimson, changing on the hind neck and back 
into brownish crimson, the bases of the feathers very brown and the tips crimson ; upper tail-coverts with terminal 
white spots, preceded by a dark edge ; wing-coverts and tertials with a round terminal spot of white on each 
feather; lores black; orbital fringe white; breast and flanks white-spotted, with the wing-coverts, lower breast, 
