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newly moulted plumage there may be slightly albescent extreme 

 tips to the tail-feathers. Also, in lieu of the broad whitish 

 bands which predominate on the under surface of the wing of 

 H. cheela, our present species has slight and narrow pale cross- 

 bands, the dark colour much predominating ; and the white spots 

 on the anterior portion of the inner surface of the wing are a 

 good deal smaller. Irides yellow. Length of fresh bird 21 in. ; 

 extent 3| feet; closed wing 14 in.; tail 9 in. ; tarsi 3 in. Sex 

 not stated. This being Tytlei'^s first discovery in the Andamans, 

 he has named it after the Viceroy. Both this and H. cheela 

 inhabit the Andamans ; but the new species would appear to be 

 the more common of the two there. A second discovery Tytler 

 names after the late Viceroy. It is an Andamanese Crake 

 {Euryzona canningi, Tytler), most like E. zeylanica of India, 

 but very much larger, with tail proportionally more developed. 

 Entire upper parts and breast of a rich dark colour approaching 

 to maroon ; a slight olivaceous tinge about the rump ; throat less 

 deeply coloured ; the abdominal region, flanks, and plumes black, 

 with from two to four transverse white bands on each feather ; 

 under surface of the wing much the same. Length of recent spe- 

 cimen ( $ ) 13 in. ; extent 21 in. ; bill to gape Ig in, ; tarsi 2 in. ; 

 closed wing 6^ in. ; tail 3| in., and very cuneiform. Bill yellow, 

 with slight tinge of green ; eyes reddish orange ; feet slate-green. 



"Tytler's new Dendrocitta he has not sent yet, but he thus 

 describes it: — 



" ' D. hazlei, Tytler. Length 131 in. ; wing 4| in. ; bill to gape 

 1 in. ; tarsi 1 in. ; wings and tail nearly black, with a broad 

 white patch on wing ; head, neck, and throat dark brown ; back 

 more rufous ; belly and vent very rufous or chestnut ; tail with 

 twelve feathers (therefore not a Crypsirhina). Not uncommon 

 on the main island.' " 



Dr. Schlegel sends us the following notes : — 

 1. Amongst the skins of birds collected by Dr. Bernstein in 

 the island of Mortay, there is a new species of Lycocorax (L. 

 morotensis, Bernstein), resembling the L. pyrrhopterus, but some- 

 what larger, and having the primaries from the 2nd to the 7th 

 white for the first third of their length. I do not find this 



