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caves close to the seashore. These are inhabited by vast numbers of 

 bats and a hxrg-e colony of this swift. The largest cave was GO feet 

 long by 5 feet broad and 7 to 10 high. The floor was deeply cov- 

 ered with guano. The nests were at the farther end, thickly clustered 

 upon the roof and upper parts of the walls. The nests were often so 

 close to one another that the edges were adherent — three or four nests 

 being stuck together in one mass." 



Family CLTCULID.E. 



? SURNICULUS LUGUBRIS (Horsfield). 



Cuculus luguhris Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Sue. Lend., XIII, Pt. 1, May, 1821, 

 p. 179 (Java). 



"A bird apparently of this species was shot in Katchal, but lost in 

 the dense jungle." 



? EUDYNAMIS HONORATA (Linnaeus). 

 [Ohcu?m.s-] honvratusLiNNJEVti, Syst. Nat., 12th etl., I't. 1, 1766, p. 1(59 (Malabaria). 

 Six specimens, from Car Nicobar and Barren Island. At the last- 

 named locality it is "very common and feeds on fruit." In three 

 females the wings var}- from 11)8 to 208 mm. ; in the same numl^er of 

 males from 198 to i209.5 mm. 



The males have a greenish gloss and the females are dark colored. 



? EUDYNAMIS HONORATA MALAYANA Cabanis and Heine. 



Eludynamis'] malayana Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., IX, Ft. 1, 1862, p. 52 

 (Sunda Islands and Sumatra). 



Five specimens, from Great and Little Nicoliar. 



"Common in all islands visited [both forms included]. Most proba- 

 bly lay their eggs in grackles {Eulabes) holes, as it was a very common 

 sight to see a female koel pursued b}^ agrackte, both in a greatly excited 

 state, shrieking and screaming with rage. They are generallj^ detested 

 b}!^ other birds. I think the}^ also lay in nests of Carpo2>haga, as one 

 could often call them up by imitating the deep hoarse coo of the fruit 

 pigeon." 



Two males from this series have wing measurements of 220.5 and 

 227.5 mm.; they are large and bhiish compared with specimens from 

 Barren Island and Car Nicobar, and the females are pale-colored. One 

 male from Little Nicobar is greenish in color, as in the individuals 

 referred above to K honorata; it has a wing only 198 mm. in length. 



There appear to be two forms represented in the Andamans and 

 Nicobars, ))ut our material is far too meager to allow of a satisfactory 

 disposition of the case, and I keep the birds apart here to direct atten- 

 tion to the matttii'. 



