300 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. XXV. 



Foiii- spec i mens, are included in the collection, from Tillanchong, 

 (xrefit iind Little Nicobiir. The differences mentioned l)y Hume^ are 

 not very plainly shown in this series. 



CEYX TRIDACTYLA (Pallas). 

 Ahrdo tridaeti/Ja Pallas, Spic. ZooL, Pt. 0, 1769, p. 10, i)l. ii, fip;. 1. 



'"'"Conmion in Great and Little Nicobar, not met with elsewhere. 

 Frequents the heav}^ forest, often at a distance from water, but is 

 commonest along small streams." 



Ten examples, all from Great Nicobar. In color the}^ resem))le liirds 

 from the Merg'ui Archipelago, but are of somewhat greater dimensions 

 (wing from 57 to 02 mm.). 



PELARGOPSIS INTERMEDIA Hume. 



[Pelargopsis'] hitennediux Hitme, Stray Feathers, II, 1874, \). 106 (Kondnl, 



Nicobars ) . 



" Common among the mangrove^; and along the seashore in Great 



and Little Nicobar. Do not think it is found in the other islands, as 



we searched carefully for it and did not meet with it, although it is a 



veiy conspicuous and nois}' bird."" 



Five specimens, all females, from the two islands above mentioned. 

 " Iris, dark brown; e^^elids and feet red.'' 

 The total length, in fresh birds, varies from 36iJ to 387 mm. 



HALCYON SATURATIOR Hume. 



[Ilalnjin,'] Mlnraliur HuME, Stray Feathers, II, 1874, p. 168. (Port Blair, South 

 Aiidanian ). 

 Four specimens, all from South Andaman, where it is reported to 

 be "■ comnK^n.'' In two of the specimens the stomachs were found to 

 contain the remains of small fish. 



"Bill red, blackish at base above; eyelids, red; iris, brown; toes, 

 red, front of tarsi and top of toes blackish.'"' 

 Individuals vary in length from 2t>'J to 305 mm. 



HALCYON PILEATUS (Boddaert). 

 Alccdn jVilmia BonnAERT, Tabl. PI. Enl., 1783, p. 41 (China). 



''Met with on all of the islands [Nicobars], but apparentl}^ not ver}^ 

 common, except in Great Nicobar, where it was numerous along the 

 Galathea Kiver." 



A single individual was reported as seen on Barren Island, 

 Andamans. 



Tavo specimens were preserved. 



1 Stray Feathers, II, 1874, p. 173. 



