Birds from the Andaman Islands. 139 



The title adopted above was given by Mr. Blyth to the 

 Nicobar Geocichla, which he subsequently identified {I. c.) 

 with that of the Andamans, The specific name innotata, 

 Blyth_, was bestowed {op. cit. 1847, p. 146) on examples from 

 the Malayan peninsula, from which the Andaman species ap- 

 pears to differ by being considerably smaller and by having 

 the ferruginous-orange colouring of the plumage, especially 

 on the head, less intense. Mr. Blyth, however, at a later date 

 regarded them as identical. 



AIeb. Caudae. Tarsi. Rostr. 



O. alboffularis, J 4 3-25 142 0-38 S. Andamans. 



„ „ 2 4 3-12 1-12 0-38 „ „ 



G. innotnta, § 4-62 3-25 1-25 0-50 Malacca. 



77. MoNTicoLA soLiTARius (P. L. S. Miillcr), Syst. Nat. 

 Suppl. p. 142. no. 46 (1776). 



Petrocossyphus cyanus (Linn.), Ball, Str. Feath. i. p. 69 

 (1873). 



"Ross Island: Feb. 18, c?, iris bright brown, bill black, 

 legs dark brown." 



Lower breast and ventral region deep chestnut, a few fea- 

 thers here and there tipped with blue. The single specimen 

 sent is almost identical in plumage with one obtained at Ma- 

 lacca on Dec. 5, 1865. 



78. LocusTELLA LANCEOLATA (Tcmm.), Man. d'Orn. iv. 

 p. 614, " Mayence " (1840) . 



Locustella, allied to L. rail, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 412, 

 "Amoy." 



Locustella minuta, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 93. "Amoy, 

 Canton." 



Lusciniola lanceolata (Temm.), G. R. Gray, Hand-l.i.p.210. 

 no. 2970 (1869). 



Locustella minuta, Swinhoe : G. R. Gray, op. cit. iii. p. 277. 

 no. 2976a (1871). 



Locustella subsignata, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 409, " Aber- 

 deen, Port Blair" (July 1873). 



" S. Andaman : April 9, bill dark horny brown, below pale 

 fleshy, legs pale fleshy white." 



