. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. R. Rest all 151 Bull. 1995 115(3) Ky. Figure 5. Distribution of the White-headed Munia Lonchura maja. colour (Smithe 25). The breast patch is cinnamon-brown (Smithe 33). The breast merges into the upper flanks, which usually join in a soft bar across the lower breast, separating it from the dull black of the belly and undertail-coverts. Lonchura maja vietnamensis subsp. nov. Type. Adult male, female and juvenile collected by Charuvarn Vanasin and Dr Atichart Suntharos near Da Lat, 11°56'N by 108°25'E, in January 1995. Other similar
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. R. Rest all 151 Bull. 1995 115(3) Ky. Figure 5. Distribution of the White-headed Munia Lonchura maja. colour (Smithe 25). The breast patch is cinnamon-brown (Smithe 33). The breast merges into the upper flanks, which usually join in a soft bar across the lower breast, separating it from the dull black of the belly and undertail-coverts. Lonchura maja vietnamensis subsp. nov. Type. Adult male, female and juvenile collected by Charuvarn Vanasin and Dr Atichart Suntharos near Da Lat, 11°56'N by 108°25'E, in January 1995. Other similar birds were collected near the Cambodian border by Tay Ninh, 11°18'N, 106°05'E, in November 1994. These specimens are in my possession at the time of writing; they will be deposited in the AMNH collection in due course. Description. The adult male is 106-110 mm long, wing 52—56 mm, culmen 12 mm, tarsus 14 mm. From the forehead to nape it is sayal brown (Smithe 223C). The chin and ear-coverts are beige, the superciliaries, lores and the forepart of beneath the eye off-white. The back and wings are Natal brown (Smithe 219A). The rump to tail is rich maroon-red with some crimson glistening on the long uppertail-coverts and central tail feathers. The breast is cinnamon- brown (Smithe 33). The flanks are chestnut (Smithe 32), almost burnt sienna, which joins the uppertail-coverts at the lower flanks. The underwing-coverts are light cinnamon. The thighs are black. From the centre of the lower breast to the undertail-coverts is jet The bill is blue-grey with white cutting edges. The irides are very dark brown, the legs and feet are mid violaceous-grey. The adult female is 104—106 mm long; the wing 52—54 mm, culmen 12 mm, tarsus 12 mm. It is whitish on the front forehead and around the eyes and sides of face, tinted with pale cinnamon brown. The rear forehead is light drab (Smithe 119C) to dark drab (Smithe 119B) on the. Please note that these images are extracted from
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