356 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the 



that Swift, they were found to be identical, and Mr. Hume's 

 ingenious surmise proved correct. 



103. COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA. 



The expanse of wings of one killed lately was 12|. In the 

 Andamans, where it is common, it has taken to building in 

 houses, preferring the inner and darker rooms. 



Tytler's C. affinis is considered to be C. linchi. 



106. Otothrix hodgsoni. 



Mr. Blyth considers that Otothrix is simply the male of Ba- 

 trachostomus. This view would reconcile the apparent differ- 

 ences of the drawings of Podargus javanensis, as given by Hors- 

 field, and the same bird as figured by Shaw in its male or 

 whiskered plumage. If this view is confirmed, Otothrix hodg- 

 soni is probably the same as the bird alluded to by Mr. Blyth 

 under Batrachostomus affinis, from Darjeeling, but distinct from 

 that species. 



114. Lyncohnis cerviniceps, Gould. 



Figured by Gould, Icon. Av. pt. ii. pi. 14. 



The Giant Night-jar. 



A fine specimen of this beautful Night-jar was obtained by 

 the Rev. W. Drawbridge at Darjeeling. The Lepcha Skikaree 

 who procured it stated that he killed it in the warm valley of the 

 Teesta. It had not previously been observed north of Awakan. 



Length of specimen about 14 inches, wing 12, tail 8, bill 



at gape If. 



[To be continued.] 



XXVIII. — Remarks on the Avifauna of the Sandwich Islands. 

 By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. 



Some years ago I commenced to collect materials for an account 

 of the terrestrial vertebrates of the Sandwich Islands, as far as 

 they could be made out from existing authorities. My MS. has, 

 however, remained unfinished, having been left in this state 

 mainly in the hope that I might be able to induce a correspon- 

 dent in these islands, to whom I had applied, to furnish me with 

 some further information on the subject. But in this I have 



