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January 19 and 20. In the Nicobars, Car Nicobar (Mus, a village on 

 the northei-n peninsula of the i.sland), January 21 to 27; Tillanchong 

 (a ba}^ on the west side, at foot of Maharani Peak), January 29 to Feb- 

 ruary 1; Trinkut (in Beresford Channel, at southwest corner of the 

 island), February 1 to 5; Nankauri and Kaniorta (Nankauri Harbor and 

 neighborhood), February 5 to 11; Kamorta (Dring Har])or, west coast), 

 February 11 to 15; Katchal (West Bay), February 1(5 to 24; Little Nico- 

 bar (anchorage back of Pulo Milu), February 25 to March 4; Great 

 Nicobar (bay southeast of Pulo Kondul, March 5 to 10; Ganges Harbor, 

 March 10 to 10; Pulo Kunyi, March 17 to 21; Pulo Nyer, March 21 

 to 21; Pulo Rotan, March 24 to 26; Galathea Bay, March 27 to 30), 

 March 5 to 30. 



The sequence of species followed in the present list is that of the 

 "Fauna of British India" (Blanford and Oates). 



Measurements are given in millimeters, and have been taken from 

 the dried specimens, except that of total length, which in all cases has 

 been supplied by the collector from the fresh bird. 



Family CORVID.E. 



CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS Wagler. 



C'[orms] iiittcrorhyndiu.'^ Wagler, Syst. Aviuiii., J, 1827 [p. 313] (Sumatra and 

 Java). 

 "Pretty common at Lawrence Island and South Andaman." Three 

 specimens were obtained on the first named island. The total length, 

 as given on the labels, varies from 482.5 mm. to 508 mm.^ 



Family ZOSTEROPID.E. 



ZOSTEROPS PALPEBROSA NICOBARICUS (Blyth). 



Z[oste)'opK] nicoharicns Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XIV, Pt. 2, 1845, p. 563 

 (Nicobars) . 



"Common in Car Nicobar, less so in Trinkut, Kamorta, and Katchal. 

 Not observed in the southern islands (Great and Little Nicobar)."' In 

 the Andamans it was found to be "common on Nortjb Cinque," and 

 on Barren Island it was "the conunonest bird." 



This form is readily distinguished from Z. jH(Ij)eh?'osa by its longer 

 ])ill, shorter tail, and generally lighter color above." The totai length 

 ranges from 108 mm. to 120.5 mm., the smallest examples being from 

 Car Nicobar. and the largest from the Cinque Islands. 



ZOSTEROPS VENTRALIS, new species. 



Ti/pe. — Adult female. No. 178798 U.S.N.M.; Car Nicobar, January 

 24, 1901; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Entire upper parts, including sides of 



^The collector's measurements have been reduced from inches to millimeters. 

 ■* See also Hume, Stray Feathers, II, 1874, p. 242. 



