N...12S8. ANDAMAN AND NTCOBAR ISLAND BIRDS— RICHMOND. 299 



lliought to be P. induecenf<!s. Dr. Abbott has now obtained seven 

 specimens, two of which were caug-ht in traps set for small mammals. 

 "Common in Great and Little Nico])ar. Like most Pittas it is 

 rather difficult to obtain. I caught two in rat trai)s. Am not sure it 

 is identical with the typical P. eiieuUatd.''' 



Family PICID.E. 

 DRYOBATES ANDAMANENSIS (Blyth). 



Picus andamanensis Blyth, Journ. Asiat, Soc. Bengal, XXIX, 1S59, }>. 412, note 

 (Port Blair, Rontli Andaman). 



One adult female, from Bumila Creek, Little Andaman. 

 " Upper mandible dark horn brown, lower mandible leaden. Also 

 seen at Lawrence Island and South Andaman.'' 

 Length in the flesh, 190.5 mm. 



THRIPONAX HODGEI (Blyth). 



Manlier ipicus'] ho(Jgei'BhYTU,Jouru. Asiat. Soc. Beniiul, XXIX, LSGU, j). 105 (Port 

 Blair, South Andaman). 



A pair from Henry Lawrence Island. 



" Heard at South Andaman. Iris yellow.'' 



Length of male, -iOO mm.: of female, 38-t mm. 



Family CORACHD.E. 



EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (Linnaeus). 

 [Corarias} orientalh Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, ITGd, p. 159 (India orientali). 

 One female from South Andaman. Length, 8(»1.5 nmi. 

 '' Iris dark brown. No others were seen." 



Family MEROPID^I^. 



MEROPS PHILIPPINUS Linnaeus. 



\_Mi'rops] philip2))nns Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., 12th ed., I't. 1, ITfiO, p. 18:1, [cM-rata] 

 ( Philippines ) . 



"Common in the open lands and scrul* jungle on Kanutrta." Three 

 males were obtained on this island. 



A bird identified l)y Dr. Abbott as a species of J/r/v>/>.s- was shot but 

 lost on South Andaman. 



Family ALCEDINID.E. 



ALCEDO ISPIDA BENGALENSIS (Gmelin). 

 [AlraJol hmija In I. s i tt GuKLi^, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, i>. 450 (Ben.irai). 

 "Met with on all the islands [NicobarsJ except C^ar Nicohar, and gen- 

 erally common among- the mangroves." 



