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268 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [Mar. 17, 45. MUNIA JAGORI, Cabanis. Munia jagori, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 207. Hab. Luzon,Zebu,Leyte, Bohol,Negros, and Mindanao (Everett); Sulu (Guillemard). a-d. <$ . Sulu Island. e-g. 2 • Sulu Island. Iris reddish brown ; bill ashy blue ; tarsus slate-coloured. Length 110 centims. (d), 10-5 centims. ( $ ), wing 50 centims. ( 6" ), 4-8 centims. ( 2 )• The male is larger than the female, and of richer colouring, the head being very nearly black, and the brown of the body a deeper chestnut. The union of the abdominal dark line with the same colour of the throat does not appear to be of any value as a characteristic of sex. This little species was abundant in Sulu, collected in flocks of from ten to thirty individuals, and feeding in the grass. Their habits and note reminded me strongly of the African Estrelda astrild. 46. OSMOTRERON VERNANS (Linnaeus). Osmotreron vernans, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 210; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 346 ; Salvad. Uccell. di Borneo, p. 286. Hab. Luzon (Meyer) ; Panay (Steere) ; Zebu, Bohol, Mindanao, Basilan, and Palawan (Everett) ; Sulu (Burbidge); Siassi (Guille­mard); Celebes (Wallace, fy-c.) ; Borneo (Wallace, fyc). a. 6* • Sulu Island. b. 6" • Siassi Island, c-f. 2 - Sulu Island. Male: iris dark pink ; bill slate-blue at tip ; feet coral. Female: iris pearly; bill as in male ; tarsus pinkish red. Length about 27*0 centims.; wing 14-3-14*5 centims. 47. OSMOTRERON AXILLARIS, G. R. Gray. Osmotreron axillaris, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 211 Sharpe, Tr. Linn Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 346. Hab. Luzon (Meyer) ; Zebu, Dinagat (Everett) ; Panay (Mur­ray) ; Negros and Guimaras (Meyer); Mindanao (Steere); Sulu (Burbidge, fyc). a. 6* . Sulu Island. b. 2 • Sulu Island. Male : iris pearly green ; bill red at base, bluish at tip ; feet pale slate; length 327 centims., wing 16*5 centims. Female: iris brilliant sea-green; feet light olive-green; length 29*5 centims., wing 16*1 centims. Culmen 2*1-2*2 centims. O. aromatica from B u m very closely resembles the present species, but Salvadori (Orn. della Papuasia e delle Molucche, vol. 3, p. 2) points out that the latter " are larger, have the neck and breast of a less yellow-olive, the chestnut of the wing-coverts less in extent, and dark spots on the sides of the abdomen." The examples under consideration fully bear this out with regard to the size.