322 Capt. Bcavan on the Avifauna 



34. Arachnothera pusillA; Blyth ? 



The Little Spider-hunter " has been observed^ but no speci- 

 mens hitherto procured ^^ (R. C. T.). 



35. Nectarinia pectoralis^ Horsf. Banded Honey-sucker. 

 This species had previously been found to abound in the 



Nicobars ; and Col. Tytler has since procured it in his garden at 

 Port Blair. 



36. Lanius cristatus, Linn. The Brown Shrike. 

 "Is not uncommon" (R. C. T.). 



37. Lanius lucionensis, Scopoli. 

 The Ashy Shrike is also abundant. 



38. Tephrodornis grisola, Blyth. 



The Arracan Wood-Shrike is included in Mr. Blyth's list. 



39. Graucalus mac^i, Lesson. Large Cuckoo-Shrike. 

 Andaman specimens of this bird agree better with those 



from Burmah than the Bengal bird. The former appears to 

 have the bill larger, and to be on the whole a slightly larger 

 bird, but the difference is not sufficient to cause it be con- 

 sidered distinct. " I have seen several on the mainland as well 

 as the smaller islands " (R. C. T.). 



40. Pericrocotus speciosus (Latham). The large Minivet. 

 "Not common on the mainland" (R. C. T.). 



41. Pericrocotus andamanensis, Tytler, sp. nov.* ? An- 

 daman Minivet. 



This bird was, in the former list, considered to be P. hrevi- 

 rostris, to which it is very nearly allied ; but it has the scarlet 

 plumage of P. speciosus with more of yellow or flame-colouv 

 mingled with the scarlet. It is also apparently smaller. The 

 dimensions of a specimen in Col. Tytler's collection are as fol- 

 lows : — length 7 in., wing 3'36 in., tail 3*5 in., bill at front 

 ■52 in. In other respects both birds are much alike. 



* [Lord Walden informs us that this species must very closely resem- 

 ble P. xanthogaster (Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 309) from Suma- 

 tra, with which P. igneus, Blyth (J. A. S. B. xv. p. 309), from Malacca is 

 identical. — Ed.] 



