Loxia oryzivora Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 173.
Munia oryzivora Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 328;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 105.
Maí-ang cos'-ta, Manila.
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Luzon (Heriot, Steere Exp., Bourns
& Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Steere); Panay (Bourns &
Worcester); Samar (Bourns & Worcester). Java, Sumatra, Malacca.
Adult (sexes similar).--Lores, entire top of head, chin, fore throat,
rump, upper tail-coverts, and rectrices black; sides of head and
ear-coverts white forming a large conspicuous patch; entire back,
lower throat, fore breast, sides of throat and of breast, secondaries,
and secondary-coverts lilac-gray; lower breast, abdomen, and flanks
dark vinaceous; thighs and crissum white; alula, primaries, and
primary-coverts slate-gray, edged with cinereous. Bill, legs, and
nails pink. A male from Luzon measures: Length, 135; wing, 69; tail,
49; culmen from base, 16; tarsus, 18.
Young.--Above smoke-gray and drab-gray; breast and throat light
drab-gray; sides of face, chin, abdomen, thighs, and crissum
cream-buff.
The Java sparrow occurs in some abundance in the vicinity of Manila,
but is rarely found in other localities in the Philippines.
Genus MUNIA Hodgson, 1836.
In Munia the bill is shorter in proportion to its width than in Padda;
rectrices slightly graduated and, except the two of three outer pairs,
sharply pointed at their tips.
Species.
a1. Back and wing-coverts chestnut; head, throat, and chin black or
blackish brown (adult).
b1. Head black ... jagori (p. 689)
b2. Head dark smoky brown ... formosana (p. 690)
a2. Back and wing-coverts hair-brown or wood-brown; head nearly
uniform with the back.
b1. Upper parts with white shaft-lines; chin and middle of throat
rich vandyke-brown; remainder of under parts mottled (adult)
... cabanisi (p. 690)
b2. Upper parts without shaft-lines; chin and throat nearly uniform
with remaining under parts which are not mottled (young).
c1. Larger; breast and abdomen rich buff ... jagori (p. 689);
formosana (p. 690)
c2. Smaller; breast and abdomen cream-buff ... cabanisi (p. 690)