THE BIRDS OF THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 687 



Measurements taken in the flesh : — 



^ ad., Length, llf ; wing, 6| ; tail 5^ : tars. If : Bill at g. ^. 



$ ad., „ llf; „ 7 ; „ 5^: „ l^ ; „ \h 



i juv., „ llf 5 „ 6A; „ 5i5 „ m; „ h 



$ juv., „ 12i ; „ 6i. 



Iris, bright orange ; feet, yellow : cere, pale greenish : bill, pale bluish 

 horny, tip dusky. 



$ Juv., Iris, greyish-white : feet, pale lemon : bill, black, base bluish : 

 cere, pale green ; eyelid, greenish. Car Niccbarese name "Kadeva." 



1247. AcciPiTEK Nisus. Blanf., Ill, p. 402; " Str. Feath.," IV, p. 280. 

 A male was obtained by Captain Wimberley in the Andanians in October, 



1876. With regard to the distribution of this species I may here mention 

 that I have seen a specimen killed in Perak, preserved in the State Museum 

 at Taiping. Mr. Blanford does not mention its occurrence in the Malay 

 countries. 



1248. AcciPiTKR viRGATUS (Reinw.) Blanf., Ill, p. 404 j " Str. Feath.,' 

 II, p. 141. 



Both in the Andamans and Nicobars the Besra is extraordinarily scarce. 

 I saw it about three times only during my stay ; Mr. Hume's party in 1875 

 secured only one specimen. 



1254. Falco PEREGEINUS, Tunst. Blanf., Ill, p. 413; "Str. Feath,," 

 II., p. 140. 



The Peregrine only occurs in the Andamans as a rare straggler. I only 

 saw it once, in Port Blair harbour in January, when a falcon passed over me 

 in the evening just out of shot. 



1265. TiNNUNCULUS ALANDARiDS, Gmel. Blanf., HE, p. 248. 



Captain Orchard told me that he watched an unmistakeable kestrel hover- 

 ing over some grassy hills at Port Blair in October. 



MicitoHiERAX LATiFRONS, Sharpe. Blanf, II., p. 434. 



This falconet is said to have occurred in the Nicobars, but Blanford says 

 the evidence is at second hand, and the record can hardly be accepted 

 without further proof. 



1276. OsMOTRKRON CHLOROPTERA, Blyth. Blanf., IV, p. 10; "Str, 

 Feath.,II,"p. 258. 



Abundant in both groups. Davison saw a bird building in May, and a bird 

 which I shot during that month was apparently breeding. 



1284. CarpophaGA ^nea, Linn. Blanf., IV, p. 19 ; " Str, Feath,, II," 

 p. 260, 



Common in the Andamans, but not so abundant as the next species is in the 

 Nicobars, Breeds about May, 



1285. Carpophaga insularis, Blyth. Blanf., IV, p. 20 ; " Str. Feath." 

 II, p. 262. 



Very numerous in the Nicobars, on some islands simply swarming 



