48 



the inner web : " bill and legs gamboge, the base 

 bluish slate; iris white" {Wardlaw liamsai/). 

 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-15, tail 2-85, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male, 

 inches, wing 4, tail 2-7, tarsus 1-05. 



Hub. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 



a-c. cS a.i.;f,ff. $ 



ad. sk. 

 h-k. (S ad. sk. 



I, m, w. c? ; 0. $ 



ad. sk. 

 p-v. S ? ad. sk. 



w-z. c? ad 



ad. sk. 

 b', c'. (S ad. sk 



d'. (S ad. sk. 

 e'. (S ad. sk. 

 f,g'. $ ad.sk. 



a'. 2 



Andaman Islands, Dec. 1872 



( W. Davison). 

 Mt. Harriett, March 1873 



( W. Davison). 

 S. Andaman, Jan. and March 



{H. G. W. R.). 

 S. Andaman, March, April, 



July, Oct. 1873 {R. J. Wim- 



herley). 

 Port Mouat, Jan., April 1873 



( W. Davison). 

 Aberdeen, March, April 1873 



( W. Davison). 

 JNIacpherson's Straits, Mar. 8, 



1873. 

 Tip Island, April 5, 1874 



{W. Davison). 

 Camorta, Nicobars, Feb. 1873 



(IF. Davison). 



of the mandible 

 Total length 8 



Total length T'T 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



8. Poliopsar erythropygius. 



Sturnia erythropygia, B/i/th, J. A. S. Beng. xv. pp. 34, 369 (1846) ; 



Hume, Str. F. "1879, p. 106. 

 Temenuchus erythropygius, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 21, no. 6304 



(1870) ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 247. 

 Temenuchus (Sturnia) erythropygia, Ball, Str. F. 1873, p. 76. 

 Acridotheres erythropygius, Giebel, Thes. Orn. i. p. 266 (1872). 

 Poliopsar erythropygius, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 476. 



Adult male. Similar to P. andamanensis, but larger, with the 

 whole of the lower back and rump ferruginous ; upper tail-coverts 

 ashv, with a reddish tiuge ; tail similar to that of F. andamanensis, 

 but" all the feathers tipped with ferruginous instead of white ; under 

 surface of body white, but the vent and under tail-coverts deep 

 ferruginous, the flanks and under wing-coverts also tinged with the 

 same colour : " bill gamboge-yeUow, smalt-blue at base ; legs and 

 feet paler fleshy yellow ; iris opalescent white " {A. 0. Hmne). 

 Tutal length 9 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 4-45, tail 3, tarsus 1-1. 



Hah. Nicobar Islands. 



a. J ad. sk. Car Nicobar, March 19, 1873 ( V. Ball). Hume Coll. 



9. Poliopsar malabaricus. 



Le Martin Vieillard de la cote de Malabar, Sonn. Voy. Ind. Orient. 

 ii. p. 195 (1782). 



