Some species of muniabreed at this time of the year.
The white-throated munia (Uroloncha malabarica) is a dull brown bird, with a white patch above the tail.
The quaint little thick-billed mites known as white-throated munias (Munia malabarica) are also very irregular as to their nesting habits.
The Indian red-munia or red waxbill or lal (Sporæginthus amandava) is another very small bird.
The rufous-bellied munia (Uroloncha pectoralis) occurs abundantly a little below Coonoor, but does not appear to ascend so high as Ootacamund.
The weaver-birds do not ascend the hills, but several species of muniaare found on the Nilgiris.
The black spots on the breast and abdomen cause these to look like the surface of a nutmeg grater; for that reason this munia is sometimes spoken of as the nutmeg-bird.
This is, perhaps, the reason why I was once gravely assured by a lady that the spotted munia is the hen; and the amadavat the cock of one and the same species!
The defeated servant at once accepts the situation; so is it with a munia ejected from a central position.
The stouter bill of the spotted munia proclaims this.
I have said that the habits of the spotted munia are those of the amadavat; what was said of the latter applies to the former, with one exception.
The habits of the spotted munia are those of the amadavat.
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.
Cabanis's weaver is sometimes found in small flocks, but it is much rarer than either Munia jagori or Uroloncha everetti.
This is the species of munia most commonly seen, and is found in all parts of the plains of India, save Eastern Bengal and Burma.
Uroloncha malabarica: The White-throated Munia (called the Chiruka in N.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "munia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
