_Munia (Donacola) hunsteini minor_ Yamashina, in Takatsukasa and
Yamashina, Dobutsu. Zasshi, 43, 1931, p. 600. (Type locality,
Ponapé.)
_Lonchura hunsteini minor_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932,
p. 171 (Ponapé, Truk); Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p.
190 (Ponapé, Truk).
_Donacola hunsteini minor_ Mathews, Ibis, 1933, p. 95 (Ponapé).
_Lonchura nigerrima minor_ Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p.
301 (Ponapé, ?Truk).
_Geographic range._--Micronesia: Caroline Islands--Ponapé, Truk?
_Characters._--Yamashina in Takatsukasa and Yamashina (1931c:600)
characterizes this subspecies as similar to _M. hunsteini_ from
New Ireland, but smaller; the wing of the adult of the bird from
Ponapé is from 46 to 49 mm, instead of 50-51 mm. as in the New
Ireland bird. Moreover the crown and nape are white instead of
pearl gray.
_Remarks._--Little is known concerning this subspecies named by
Yamashina at Ponapé. No specimens have been seen by me. Richards
obtained one male at Ponapé in 1947-1948. He found the birds in large
flocks.
=Lonchura punctulata cabanisi= (Sharpe)