35. 



TAL-EOKNIS. 



441 



Pnlseornis eupatrius, Finsch (nee Linn.), Paparj.W. p. 945 (1868); 

 Wukl. (nee Linn.) Ibis, 1873, p. 297 (S. Andaman); Tweedd. 

 Om. Works, p. 235 (1881). 



Adult nude. Very much like the male of P. eupatria, but has the 

 hill larger and stronger ; the red patch on the wing-coverts gene- 

 rally brighter ; below the nape and above the rose collar there is a 

 narrow blue collar more or less conspicuous : " iris bright yellow ; 

 cere yellow ; bill bright red, the tip yellow; eyelids pale pink, the 

 edges orange ; legs orange-yellow" (Oates). Total length 22 to 21 

 inches, depth of the upper mandible at cere 0*93 to 096. 



Adult female. Differs from the male, wanting the black man- 

 dibular stripes and the red collar. Size rather smaller. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. 



a-d. J $ ad. sk. 



e. $ imm. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



«/-/,-. cJ2ad.sk. 



I, m, u. J $ ad. 

 sk. 



o, p,q- 6 2 ad - 



sk. 

 >'-><■ 6 2 a d- sk. 



v. 2 a< h sk. 



to. Imm. sk. 



x, y. 6 ad. et 

 2 imm. sk. 



Mount Harriet, Andamaus, 

 March & Dec. (W. Davi- 

 son). 



Aberdeen, S. Andamans. 

 September ( W. Davison). 



Port Blair, S. Andaman.*. 



Port Mouat, S. Andamans, Jan. 

 & April ( W. Davison). 



S. Andaman*. June & Septem- 

 ber ( W. Damson). 



S. Andamans, Jan. & Feb. 

 (R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay). 



S. Andamans, March, April. 

 & Nov. (R. J. Wimb 



Port Blair, S. Andamans, Feb. 

 (R. J. Wimberley). 



Cocos Island, April (R. G. 

 Wardlaw Ramsay). 



< H. Coco*. March (W. Davi- 

 son). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



5. Palaeornis wardi. 



Palieornis wardi, E. Newt. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 346; id. Ibis. 1867, 

 pp. 341, 3.19 ; Finsch, Papa,,, ii. p. 941 (1808); Schley, et Poll. 

 Reel). Faun. Maday. p. 157 (1868); Q. 1!. Gr. Hand-list ii. 

 p. 143, n. 8059 (1870): Newt Ibis, 1872, p. 34: A. $ E. Newt. 

 Ibis, L876, pp. 282, 288, pi. vi. (<?&?); Gieb. Thes. Om. iii. 

 p. 11 (1877); Hartl. Voy. Maday. p. 224 (1877); Oust Bull. Soc. 

 PhQom. Paris, 187s, p. 165; Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 235 

 (Consp. Psitt. p. L23); id. Voyelbild. Nachtr. 57 (1883): Tristr. 

 Cat. Coll. B. p. 7-1 (1889). 



Adult male. Grass-green; occiput and nape tinged with bluish ; 



an obscure black liue from the nostrils to the eves, a broad black 

 mandibular stripe passing down and across the side of the neck; 

 on the secondary wing-coverts a dull red patch ; two central tail- 

 feathers light blue, edged with yellowish green, especially at the 

 tip ; lateral tail-feathers green, those next to the central ones 



