320 Capt. Beavan on the Avifauna 



A species which is apparently pecuHar to the Andamans and 

 Nicobars. It is very abundant at Port Blair, and I procured 

 several specimens in June 1865. 



27. PALiEORNis AFFiNis, Tytler, sp. nov. ? 



This species I have not myself seen, but Col. Tytler describes 

 it to me under the above name as being '' generally like P. ery- 

 throgenys, the red cheek-mark and coloration of which it posesses, 

 but differs constantly iu having a black bill." P. erythrogenys 

 he has seen in all stages, and it always has a red bill. This 

 is the bird probably that Mr. Blyth mistook for the female of 

 P. erythrogenys. 



28. PALiEORNis TORQUATUs (Bodd.). The Rose-winged Par- 

 rakeet. 



" I introduced several pairs of this species from Calcutta, but 

 I fear most of them were recaptured by convicts ; however, some 

 of them flew off into the heavy jungles " (R. C. T.). 



29. LoRicuLUS vERNALis (Sparrm.). Indian Lorikeet. 



" Five Lorikeets flew over from the mainland to Ross Island. 

 I tried all I could to examine them with the aid of a glass, but 

 their movements were so rapid and the tree so full of leaves 

 that I found the species difficult to determine ; still, from the 

 observations made, I think beyond doubt they were L. ver- 

 nalis ; and since this I had several caught, which proved to be 

 so" (R.C.T.). 



30. MuELLERiPicus HODGii, Blyth. Hodge's Woodpecker. 



"This noble Woodpecker is not uncommon on the main- 

 land; I have had several shot and sent to me" (R. C. T.). 

 The following is Mr. Blyth's short account of this new species 

 (J. A. S. B. 1860, p. 105) :— 



" Wholly black in both sexes, except the crown, occiput, and 

 moustaches of the male, which are vivid crimson as usual, and 

 the occiput only of the female. It is smaller than the M. hodg- 

 soni, Jerdon, of Malabar, or M. javensis, Horsf., of the Malayan 

 peninsula and more western islands, the closed wing mea- 

 suring but 7\ in., the middle tail-feathers 6 in., and the beak 

 to forehead 1| in." 



