No.ijss. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND BIRDS— RJCHMOND. 301 



HALCYON DAVISONI Sharpe. 

 Ilalri/on darisoui Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., X\'I1, 1892, p. 282 ( Andaiiian,s) . 

 ••Common at South Andaman and Lawrence Island." 

 Six specimens, from Cinque Islands and South Andaman. 

 The females have no buif on the under parts; an immature male, 

 hoAvever, has a butfy wash on the flanks. 



Two of the specimens had in their stomachs the remains of small 

 lish and crabs. 



HALCYON OCCIPITALIS (Blyth). 



Todiramplius occipitalis Blyth, Jourii. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XV, 1846, p. 2o, note 

 (Nieol)ars). 



" Found in all the islands visited, commonest in the northern and 

 central groups, less plentiful in Great and Little Nicobar. It f recjuents 

 forest, clearings, and cocoanuts indiscriminately, and often found far 

 from water." 



Eighteen examples from various islands of the Nico])ar group. All 

 of the females (seven skins) in this series are white below, having a 

 small patch of buff on the flanks only. 



The total length, as noted on the labels, varies from 241 to 273 nun. 

 ""Iris brown; upper mandible black, lower white; feet greenish mauve, 

 claws black" (female). 



Family MICROPODID.E. 

 "Swift. A large flock of swifts seen on Barren Island." 



Genus SALANGANA Isid. Geoffrey St.-Hilaire. 

 Salaiiyatm Geoffr. St.-Hilaire, L'P'.cho du ]M()nde Savant, III, 1837, i>. 74. 



Type, Hirundo escalenta Linnaeus. 



CoUocalia G. R. Gray, List Genera of Birds, 1840, p. 8. 



Type, Ilirundo esculodn Linnteus. 



SALANGANA INEXPECTATA Hume. 



\_CoUofnlia'] iiie.ij>ectata Hume, Stray Feathery, I, 187:!, p. 29(> (Bntton Island, 

 Andmnans). 



"Shot at Kamorta, seen occasionally on the other islands." Three 

 specimens are in the collection, all from Kamorta. "'Iris brown; feet 

 brownish pink, claws black." Length. 120.5 mm. 



SALANGANA LINCHI ( Horsfield and Moore). 



('ulh)Cfili<i liiichi Hor>sfiell) and Moore, Cat. Birds Mas. East India Co., I, 1854, 

 p. 100. 



Six examples, all females, from Little Nicobar. 



" Met with on all of the islands [Nicobars], On Little Nicobar. near 

 the anchorage and water hole back of Pido Milu, are some small 



