. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Rest all 141 Bull. 1996 116(3). Figure 3. Straw carrying, before singing. The male will bob up and down while carrying the straw. striations on the upper surfaces, rich orange lower rump and uppertail-coverts of the new taxon, and the pure cream of the belly and undertail-coverts which is unlike any other munia. In contrast the White-bellied Munia has striated upper parts, a white to pale cream belly, and fuscous or black undertail-coverts. The presence of the long drawn-out legato in the song structure places it probably withi
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Rest all 141 Bull. 1996 116(3). Figure 3. Straw carrying, before singing. The male will bob up and down while carrying the straw. striations on the upper surfaces, rich orange lower rump and uppertail-coverts of the new taxon, and the pure cream of the belly and undertail-coverts which is unlike any other munia. In contrast the White-bellied Munia has striated upper parts, a white to pale cream belly, and fuscous or black undertail-coverts. The presence of the long drawn-out legato in the song structure places it probably within the Munia subgenus (which includes the Chestnut Munia L. atricapilla and the Great-billed Mannikin L. grandis). To my ear, the song is similar in structure to that of the Five-coloured Munia L. quinticolor. From a considerable experience with munias over some 40 years, studying them in field, aviary and laboratory, I have attempted to explain this taxon by hypothesising possible combinations of parentage. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : The Club
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