24G ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS [1873. 



Ibis, 1S73, The only example, a female in full plumage, sent by Mr. Ramsay does not diifer in 



P- "^^"^- colourint^ from the Indian bird ; but the dimensions of the wings and tail are less, while those 

 of the bill and tarsus are about equal. Wing lOoT ; tail 7; tarsus 2-25; bill from forehead, 

 in a straight line, 2oG. 



41. AcKiDOTHEEES TRiSTis (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 166. no. 3 (1766). 



" Ross Island." 



Introduced by Colonel Tytler (Ibis, 1867, p. 329). 



42. Stikxia axd.\maxexsis. (Plate XII. fig. 2, in orig.) 

 Tememichus amlamanensis, Tytler : Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 329, no. 67. 



" S. Andaman : ? , iris white ; bill and legs gamboge ; base of mandible bluish slate." 



43. EuLABES AXDAM.iN'EXSis, Tytler: Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 831. no. 71, " Andaman s." 

 Eiilahes intermedia (A. Hay), apud Ball, Str. Feath. i. p. 77. no. 89. 



" S. Andaman, January : d ? , iris dark brown ; lobes, legs, and feet orange ; bill vermilion, 

 yellow at tip. A young bird, not sexed ; lobes, legs, and feet yeUow." 



No difference to be observed between the sexes. A series of eight examples confirms my 

 opinion that Colonel Tytler was justified in separating the Andaman Eulahes from the Indian 

 E. intermedia. AVhethcr it can only rank as a " geographical race of the same species," must 

 depend on the sense in which that elastic phrase is applied. 



44. \ OsMOTBERON CHLOROPTERA (Blyth), J. A. S. B. 1845, p. 852, " Nicobars." 

 " S. Andaman : iris red ; bill at base greenish slate, at point greenish white." 



A single example, unfortunately not sexed, of a large species of Osmotreron. I jirovisionally 

 identify it with the Nicobar form, which I have never seen. Crown beautiful French grey, very 

 pale on the forehead, and shading darker on the occiput. Under tail-coverts pale creamy white, 

 broadly centred with light green. "NVing nearly seven inches. 



Ibis, 1873, 45. Carpophaga ^xea (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 283 (1776), ex Briss. 



^' ' Pahnnlus mohiccensis, Briss. Orn. i. p. 148, " ex Mohiccis imulis" 



Cohimha si/lvatica, TickeU, J. A. S. B. 1832, p. 581, " Jungles of Borabhiim and Dholbhum." 

 " S. Andaman : 2 , iris brown ; eyelids with a red margin ; feet and legs pink." 

 Seven examples, all killed in the month of January, and identical witli ludion. I have 

 elsewhere shown that Indian, Ceylon, Burmese, Javan, Borneau, and even Philippine individuals 

 cannot well be specifically separated. Young birds in this species appear to have the under tail- 

 coverts of a lighter shade than adults. 



