236 ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS [1873. 



Palwarnis derhjanus, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 245, pi. 25, ex pair, incog., $ adult. 

 PalcEornis javankus (Osbeck), Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 262. no. 152, nee Osbeck ; Ball, J. A. S.B. 

 xli. p. 279, no. 14, a . 



Palaornis lathami, Finsch, torn. cit. p. 06. no. 97, 6 adult (1868). 



Six examples in perfect plumage. Two with the maxilla red, noted as males ; two with 

 both mandibles black, as females. I agree with Dr. O. Finsch in considering P. alexandri, Linn., 

 =.P.javanicus, Osbeck, known with certainty as an inhabitant of Java and Borneo only, totally 

 distinct from the Indian, Burmese, Cambodian, and Andaman Parrot ; but I cannot concur in 

 his opinion that the black-billed birds belong to a species different from those with a red maxilla. 

 These Andaman examples clearly belong to one species, the totally black bill being the chief 

 distinguishing characteristic of the female. 



Itis, 1S73, 3. Paueornis erttheogexts, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1846, p. 23, "Xicobars." 



Palwornis nicoharicus, Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. ix. pi. (1857). 



Palwornis affinis, Tytler, Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 320. no. 27, c^ juv. vel $ , " Aiulamans." 



" S. Andaman : d , feet and legs bright olive-green." 



Three males and seven females are in the collection. Males have the maxilla red and 

 mandibula black ; in the females both mandibles are black, and the moustache is deep rich green 

 and not black. 



4. LoKifULUS VERX.VLIS (Sparrm.), Mus. Carls, pi. 29 (1787). 

 " S. Andaman : d , ? , iris straw-yellow." 



Four examples, in no respect differing from Malabar and Burmese individuals. 



5. Spiloenis eutherfoedi, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85, "Hainan." 

 Spilornis davisoni, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 307, " Andamans " (1873). 

 Ecpmatomis cheela (Latham), Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 314. no. 1, "Andamans." 



" S. Andaman : 9 , Dec. 27." 



A single individual in perfect C?) plumage and almost identical, save in its dimensions, with 

 an example of <S'. cheela, 6 , from Mussoorie, the only distinction being that the transverse 

 striations on the throat and upper breast are not so dark nor as bold in the Andaman bird, and 

 the chin and cheeks are concolorous with the throat and breast, and not dark brown. 



"Wing 15 inches; tail 10; tarsus 3-37; middle toe, without nail, 150; bill from nostril in 

 a straight line 1, from gape to end of mandible 1-07. 



It may be here added that S. sjnlof/aster, Blyth (J. A. S. B. 1852, p. 351), was described from 

 Ceylon examples. It closely resembles Javan S. hacha ; and I have never seen it from any part 

 of Continental India. Tlie peninsular Indian bird, if different from the northern form, S. cheela. 

 Ibis, 1873, must take another title, the oldest applicable being albUlus, Cuv., Temm. (1824). My examples 

 p. 29i>. £j.Qjjj different parts of India, north and south, do not differ in plumage, unless the transverse 

 Btriations of the pectoral plumage form a constant feature peculiar to the northern bird. This 

 character I have found only in examples from the north and in those which inhabit the Indo- 

 Chinese countries. 



