474 PSIXTACIDJ3. 



x, y. cJ ad. sk. Pilu Milu, Nicobars, Jan. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 

 z } a', V. cJ J ad. Car, Nicobars, Jan., March ( W. Hume Coll. 



sk. Davison). 



e'. $ ad. sk. Camorta, Nicobars, Dec. (li. Tweeddale Coll. 



J. Wimherley). 

 d'-n'. 3 $ ad. sk. Camorta, Nicobars, Jan., Feb. Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison), 

 o'. <$ ad. sk. Great Nicobar, April (A. de Hume Coll. 



Roepstorff). 

 p'. $ ad. sk. Little Nicobar (A. de Roep- Hume Coll. 



storff). 



22. Palseornis tytleri. 



Palseornis erythrogenys, Blyth, Ibis, 1860, p. 99, 186:3, pp. 5, 465 

 {nee Blyth, 1846) ; id. in Mouat's Adv. 8f Res. Andam. Is!, p. 355 

 (1863) ; Beav. Ibis, 1867, p. 319 (Andamans) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 132 ; Finseh. Papag. ii. p. 81 (partim) (1868) ; Ball, J. A. S. B. 

 xli. p. 279 (1872) ; id. Str. Feath, i. p. 60 (partim) (1873) ; Blyth, 

 Ibis, 1873, p. 79 (note) ; Wold. Ibis, 1873, p. 298; id. in Blyth' s 

 B. of Burma, p. 55 (1875) ; Rchnw. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p." 242 

 (Consp. Psitt. p. 130) (partim). 



Palseornis nicobaricus, Wald, (nee Gould) P. Z. S. 1866, p. 555 

 (Andamans) ; Newt. Ibis, 1867, p. 319 (note) ; Ball, J. A. S. B. 

 xxxix. p. 241 (1871). 



Palseornis erythropygius (errore), Blyth, Fois, 1866, p. 221. 



Palseornis affinis, Tyiler (nee Gould), MS. ; Beav. Ibis, 1867, pp. 320, 

 334 ( J , Andamans) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1868, p. 132 : Hume, Str. Feath. 

 ii. pp. 9, 24, 184 (1874) ; Wald, Ibis, 1874, p. 296. 



Belocercus erytbrogenys, part., G. It. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 143, 

 n. 8065 (1890). 



Palseornis tytleri, Hume, J. A. S. B. 1874, p. 108; id. Str. Feath. ii. 

 p. 454 (1874), viii. p. 87, n. 152 ter (1879) ; Tri<tr. Cat. Coll. B. 

 p. 75 (1889). 



Achdt male. Resembles the male of P. nicobarica, but it is some- 

 what smaller, and has the nape and upper back less yellowish and 

 more strongly suffused with lilac and glaucous tinge ; the same tinge, 

 but lighter, appears on the breast, which is less yellowish. Total 

 length 15-5 to 18*25 inches, wing 6-7 to 7"2, tail from vent 9 to 

 10-5, bill from nostrils to point 0-87 to 0-95, tarsus 0'5 to - 6. 



Adult female. Very much like the female of P. nicobarica, only 

 smaller and with the entire mandibular stripes deep green. Total 

 length 15 - 5 to 15 inches, wing 6 - 4 to 6"95, tail from vent 6"55 to 8. 



Young has very little red on the cheeks. 



Hab. The whole Andaman group, including Narcondam and 

 Barren Island, the Cocos and Preparis. 



a. <$ ad. sk. Gt, Coco Is., March ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son). 



b. <J ad. sk. Coco Is., April (R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Table Is., Gt. Coco, March Hume Coll. 



( 71". Davison). 



d. e,f. d ? ad. Little Coco Is., March ( W. Hume Coll. 

 sk. Davison). 



