242 ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS [1873. 



23. KiTrA(ixtL.v ALBiVEXTRis, Bljtli, J. A. S. B. 1858, p. 269, " Tort Blair." (Plate XII. 

 fig. 1, ///. oriij.) 



"S. Andaman : iris brown ; legs and feet skin-colour ; bill black." 



24. Coi\sYi.iii-.s SAULARis (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 165, "Asia" (1766). 



'^ S. Andaman : c^ , iris brown ; legs, feet, and bill black. Ross Island, d , $ ." 

 An adult and an immature male from S. Andaman have the two outer pairs of rectrices pure 

 white ; the third pair white, with a black inner margin ; the fourth pair white, with both outer 

 and inner margins black. Another S. Andaman male has the fourth pair almost entirely black. 

 A male from Koss Island has tlie first and second pair pure white ; the third white, with a black 

 margin to inner web ; the fourth, like remaining pairs, jet-black. The uuder shoulder-coverts 

 have a tendency to dark centres. A female from Iloss Island has the rectrices marked as in the 

 first S. Andaman male. 



25. ARUiVDix.w .viiDOX (Pallas), Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 6'J5. no. 11, "Dauria" (1776). 

 Arundinax oJivacevs, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1845, p. 595. 



" S. Andaman : Jan. 3 ; Feb. 2, $ , maxilla dark brown, mandible whitish brown. Ross 

 Island : Jan. 7, 6 , iris dark olive-brown, legs light slate-colour." 

 Sexes alike. 



Ibis, 1873, 26. BuDYTKS viRiDis (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 962 (1788). 



^" ■ "S.Andaman: Dec. 27 and Jan. 16; iris brown; feet dark brown ; maxilla dark brown ; 



mandible, at base light horn-colour, dark at tip." 



27. AU3E0-N.VX LATiROSTRis (Raffles), Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 312, "Sumatra" (1821), descr. jn'mc; 

 Jerd. Birds of India, i. p. 459. no. 297 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. 1869, p. 173. no. 297, " Chanda." 



Ifiisciccqja jmneiists, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 85. no 42, "Dukhun." 



MmcicaiHi laiirosfris. Swains, {mot. 2iropr.) Nat. Libr. Muscicajjidci', p. 253, " India " (1838). 



Musciaqxi grisola, Linn., var. /3, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 461, " Dauria." 



Muscicapa ci>iereo-alba/]Levam.S:.^c\\\. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 42, pi. xv., " Japan " ( 1842) ; 

 Schrenck, Amur-Lande, i. p. 379. no. 106; Radde, Ost-Sibirien, ii. p. 273. no. 147. 



Musckapa pondiceriana, Licht. ex Gm. : Bp. Consp. i. p. 318, nee Gm.* ; nee v. Middendorff, 

 Sibir. Reise, ii. pt. ii. p. 188. no. 106, " Uds 'koj' Os 'trog and Schantar islands," =J/. sibirica, 

 Gm. tom. cit. p. 936. 



Jhinirhelidun latirostris (Raffles), Ilorsf. & Moore, Cat. Mus. E. I. C. i. p. 137. no. 177. 



Butalis latirostris (Raffles), Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 379. no. 325. 



"S. Andaman: Dec. 27, 6, Jan. 16, Feb. 5; iris dark brown; legs and feet brown; 

 maxilla brown ; base of mandible yellow." 



Not to be distinguished from Malaccan, Malabar, Lake Baikal, Japan (Ilakodadi, May 5), 

 and China (October) individuals. 



• Muneicapa jiondictriawi, Gm. S. N. i. p. 93'J. no. 45, was founded on Sonncrat's Gohe-mouclus de PondicMnj, and is 

 a Tephrodornis. 



