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THE BIRDS OF THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR 

 ISLAJsDS. 



By a. L. Butler, f.z.s., 



Curator^ Selangor State Museum. 



(^Continued from jJage 403.) 



Part II. 



680. Merula obscura, Gemel, Gates, II, p. 134 ; " Str. Feath,," II, p, 223. 



I only came across this thrush once, a female which I shot on May 14th. 

 It was feeding on the dead leaves under a bamboo by the roadside and 

 flew up into a tree with a squeak very much like that of a redwing, which, 

 from its size and colour and conspicuous superciliary streak, it very much 

 reminded me of. 



Mr. Hume did not meet with it, and includes it in his list on the strength 

 of a specimen received by Blyth. Mr, Dates says it is '' a winter visitor, 

 more or less abundant to the whole of Burma, the Andamans, Manipur, 

 Shillong, Sikkim and Nepal." In the Andamans it is decidedly rare, 



684, Geocichla sibirica, Pall. Gates, II, p. 138 : " Str. Feath ," II, 

 p. 223. 



Has only been recorded from the Andamans once, Mr. Blyth having 

 received a specimen from Port Blair in 1860. 



688. Geocichla albigul.4Eis, Blyth, Gates, II, p. 142 ; " Str. Feath.," 

 p. 221. 



NOTICE. 



This plate of Moths, with the explanations of the figures, should face 

 page 292 when this volume is bound up. 



Editor. 



somer species of the two. Car Nicobarese name, " chook-chyong," 



