108 



STTJENID^li;. 



Eulabes javanensis (pt.), Hume, Nests, p. 436 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 



1874, p. 251. 

 Eulabes intermedia (nee Hay), Ball, Str. F. 1873, p. 77. 



3/. andamancHsis is scarcely to be separated from M. intermedins, 

 of which it is a stoiit-billcd race. The stoutness of the bill is, how- 

 ever, equalled by several of the Himalayan specimens of 21. inter- 

 medius, and it is impossible to draw a line of distinction between 

 them. The only other character is in the number of white-spotted 

 quills, which varies from six to nine, and one specimen has twelve 

 with white spots ; so that it would be difficult to separate this 

 specimen from M. robustus, judging from the description of the 

 latter bird. 



Mr. Hume gives an excellent note on the Andaman and Nicobar 

 birds in 'Stray Feathers' (1874, p. 256). The sexes do not differ 

 in size. "Length 11-5 to 13"5 inches; wing 6 to 7'25, tail 3"1 

 to 4-0, tarsus 1"12-1'55. Legs and feet j'cllow, varying from pale 

 to dull chrome-yellow ; bills varying from orange to coral-red, but 

 always pale yellow at the tip ; lappets gamboge-yellow to light 

 orange ; iris dcej) brown " (Hume, I. c). 



Hah. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 



a. (S ad. slv. 



b. (5 ad. sk. 



c, d. c? ad. ; e. 2 

 ad. ; /. $ imm. ; 

 ff, h. Jiiv. sk. 



i, k,l. c? ? ad. sk. 



m, n. c? 2 ^d. sk. 



0, p. 6 2 ad. ; q. 



Imm. sk. 

 r. 2 ad. sk. 



s-w. (5 ad. sk. 



.r-d'. cS $ ad. sk. 



e'. 2 ad. ; /. 5 



juv. sk. 

 f/. 5 ad. sk. 



/(', r. (S 2 ad. sk. 



/.•'. 2 ad. .sk. 



/'. c? ad. sk. 



?/(', 71. 2 ad. sk. 



o'. c? ad. sk. 

 P) ?'• ? ad. sk. 



Andamans (Tytler). Gates Coll. 



Andanians, June 1865 (i2. C. Tweeddale Coll. 



Hearan). (Tvpe of species.) 



S. Andamans, Jan. 1873 {R. G. Tweeddale CoU. 

 W. K). 



S. Andamans, March, April 1873 Tweeddale Coll. 



{R. G. W. R.). 

 S. Andamans, Aug., Sept. 1873 Hume Coll. 



{R. J. Wimherley). 

 Jolly Boys Island, Macpherson Hume Coll. 



Straits, March 8, 1873 ( V. Ball). 

 Port Mouat, April 15, 1873 ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 

 Mt. Harriet, March, Dec. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 

 Port Blair, Aug., Sept. 1873 Hume Coll. 



{R. J. Wimlet-leij). 

 Camorta, Nicobars, Dec. 1873 Tweeddale Coll. 



{R. J. Wituberley). 

 Camorta, Nicobars, Feb. 28, 1873 Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 

 Trinkut Island, Nicobars, Jan. 2, Hume Coll. 



1873 (ir. Daviso)i). 

 Katchul, Nicobars, Jan. 25, 1873 Hume Coll. 



{W. Davison). 

 Nancowry Island, Nicobars, Feb. Hume Coll. 



U, 1873 (71'; Davison). 

 Kondul, Nicobars, March 1873 Hume Coll. 



(W. Davison). 

 Little Nicobar, July 10, 1876. Hume Coll. 



Great Nicobar, Jan. 30, 1873 Hume CoU. 



( W. Daviso7i). 



