53. P l o c e t j s m a n y a r , Horsfield.
Fringilla manyar, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xiii, p. 160,1823.
Ploceusflaviceps, Less., Tr. d'Orn., p. 435, 1831 (ex. Cuv. MS.) ; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 448, 1850.
Euplectes flaviceps, Swains., An. in Menag., p. 31i0> 1837.
JEuplectes bengalensis, Jerdon, Madr. Jonrn., vol. xi, p. 25, 1840.
Euplectes striatus, B lyth, Jonrn. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 878, 1842, vol. xii, p. 181 bis., 1843;
■ id., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xii, p. 166, 1848.
Ploceus manyar, Strickl., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1889, p. 163; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii,
p. 945, 1844; id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 115, 1849 ; Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii,p. 852,
1849; Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist. (2), vol. xiii, p. 257, 1854 ; Horsf. & Moore; Cat. B. Mus.
E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 514, 1856-58; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 848, 1863; Gray, Handl.
B., vol. ii, p. 44, 1870; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 208; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B.,
p. 440, 1878 ; id., Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 154; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 92, 1875 ; Butler, Stray Feathers, p. 876, p. 89 ; Hume, t. c.,
p. 324; Ball, t. c., p. 235.
a. b. c. Bhamô, 28rd February 1868.
Prevalent in Upper Burma.
Genus M t j n i a , Hodgson.
5 4 . M u n i a a t r ic a p i l l a , Vieill.
Loxia atricapilla, Vieill., Ois. Chant., p. 84, pi. liii, 1805.
Coccothraustes atricapilla, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., t. xiii, p. 534, 1817.
Munia rubronigra, Hodgs., Asiat. Researches, vol. six, p. 153, 1880 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As.
Soc., Bengal, p. 116,1849 ; id., Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxvi, p. 412, 1851 ; Horsf. &
Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 507, 1856 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal,
Coll. Hodgs., p. 56,1863 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 353, 1868 ; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As.
Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxix, p. 110, 1870; Walden, Ibis, 1876, p. 177; Holdsw., Proc. Zooi.
Soc., 1872, p. 464; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No.,
p. 92.
Lonchma melcmocepjiala, McJClell., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1889, p. 163.
Spermestes melanocephala, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844 ; Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol.
xii, p. 166, 1843.
Munia malacca, (nec I.), Gray, Cat. Mamm, &e., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 106, 1846; Bp. Consp.,
t. i, p . 452, 1850.
Amadina malacca, Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 370,1849.
Munia sinensis, (nec Li), Reichenb., Handb. Singvôgel, p. 89*, tab. 14, figs. 123-24 ; Moore,
Proc. Zool. Soc., 1859, p. 444.
Amadina sinensis, Mottley and Dillw., Contr. Nat. Hist., Labuan, p. 25, pL vi, 1855.
JDonacola atricapilla, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 171.
Amadina atricapilla, Gray, Handl., B., vol. ii, p. 64, 1870.
Munia atricapilla, Salvad., Ucc. Bom., p. 265, 1874 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 481 ; id.,
op. cit., 1875, p. 155; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 444, 1875 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 50.
a. Mandalay, 26th September 1868.
b. c. d. 3 Muangla, 17th July 1868.
e. f. W Ê „ „
At Mandalay I found this species in small parties in the long grass, by the side
of the large swamp behind the city, and at Muangla in flocks by the hedgerows.
55. M t j n i a p t j n c t t j l a r i a , l i n n .
Le Grosbee táchele de Java, Briss. Om., t. iii, p. 239, pi. xiii, fig. 2, 1760.
Loxia punctularia, Linn., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 302, 1766; Lath., Gen. Hist. B., vol. v, p.. 247, 1822.
Fringilla punctularia, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc., vol.". xiii, p. 16, 1822.
Fringilla nisoria, Temm., PI. Col., t. iii, pi. 500, fig. 2, 1825.
Amadina punctulata, Hay, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiv, p. 554, 1845; Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii,
p. 370, 1849; id., Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 56, 1870.
Munia punctularia, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 117,1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 452,
1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 605, 1858; Jerdon, B. Ind.,
vol. ii, p. 1355, 1833; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra
No., p. 98.
Oxycerca nisoria, Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, App. p. 10, 1849.
Urolonc/iapunctularia, Cab., Mus. Hein., th. i, p. 174, 1850.
Munia punctulata, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 481; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. ■ B., p. 444, 1875.
Lonchura punctulata, Adam., Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 387; Ball, op. cit., 1874, p. 420; Hume,
op. cit., 1875, p. 156.
a. S Bharno, 9th September 1868.
c> $ Bhamd, 22nd February 1868.
d. 3 Momien, 1st June 1868.
In small flocks among the shrubby jungle outside Bhamó, but not common. I
obtained only one specimen of this bird at Momien, among some low shrubs.
These birds would appear to present some slight differences on the ordinary race
of birds from India. The margins and centres of the thoracic and abdominal
feathers are reddish-brown and also larger and more elongately oval. They have
the greyish slightly mottled rump, but the tail-coverts are almost greenish-gamboge,
and the central tail featheris, which are rather ovately pointed, marked with the
same colour. In two of the specimens of M. ptmctularia in the Indian Museum
however, there is a faint indication of this. The shafts of all the feathers, with the
exception of those of the wings, tail, lores, cheek, ear-coverts and throat, are pale
coloured, giving-the bird a markedly striated appearance, also strongly marked in
other Museum specimens of this species. The markings differ.from those of the
next species, M. imdulata, in a very marked way. In the latter, the outline of the
feather is defined by a brownish-black line, with a white external margin, and two
irregular transverse bands of the same colour divide the feather into two white spots.
These transverse bands are sometimes confined to one-half of the feather, and they
occasionally - disappear or extend along each side of the shaft as a dark line. In
M. punctularia, on the other hand, the marginal dark line is pale reddish-brown,
and, as a rule, there is another of the same kind internal to it, and preserving the
outline of the feather. I t is interesting to observe that while this may be regarded
as the general character of these feathers, those on the flanks and a few on the
breast show a decided tendency to cross-barring. The transition from the dark