1873.] 



FEOM THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 



247 



c, 2 



Alie. 



9 



9-25 



9 



9-25 



9 



S-oO 



9 



Cauda;. 



fi-50 



6-05 



0-37 



6-25 

 6-25 



5-C57 



6-50 



Sides of head, breast, and abdomen pale bluish grey intcnsel}' suffused with vinous ; 

 ventral region and tliigh-covcrts pure grey ; on the nape a triangidar choco- 

 late-brown mark ; throat pure white. 



Similar to <(, but without the nuchiil mark : chin, throat, and forehead pure 

 white. 



Similar to h, but the vinous shade on the breast not so intense: total length in the 

 flesh 15-50. 



Identical with c ; length in the flesh 15-50. 



Identical with c and d. 



Grey plumage without a tinge of vinous, ashy rather than bluish grey ; under tail- 

 coverts light chestnut ; green plumage brilliant. A young bird ? 



Similar to/. 



46. 1 Macroptgia kufipennis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1846, p. 371, "Southern Nicobar;" Ball, 

 op. cit. 1872, p. 287. no. 47, " Andamans." 



" S. Andaman : d , bill, legs, and feet purplish pink : December and January." 

 The Nicobar and Andaman birds have yet to be compared. Von Pelzeln (Voy. Novara, 

 Vog. p. 109) describes the iris in the Nicobar Macropygia as being white surrounded by cherry- 

 red, the bill chestnut-brown, the feet dark violet-red, and the claws dark brown. From Mr. Blyth's 

 original description (/. c.) it is to be inferred that in the Nicobar bird the feathers of the under 

 surface are not transversely striated, in fact that it is a representative form of M. plimianella. 

 But the Andaman Macropygia, which is represented in the collection by seven examples, differs 



from 21. phasianella in having the head bright rufous, and not cinereous shaded with violet in 



the nape and interscapulary region being clothed with rufous feathers very finely marked with 

 black, more evident in some individuals than in others, and not pure coppery green or violet as 

 in the Australian species — and in the feathers of the pectoral and abdominal region bein" 

 traversed by distinct dark brown narrow lines, whereas in M. fliasianella, as in M. temdrostris. 

 If. emiliana, and others of that group, the plumage of the under surflice is uniform, without a 

 trace of striation, at least in the adult males. It is therefore just possible that tne Andaman is 

 a species distinct from the Nicobar. M. leptogranimica, ex Java, is nothing but a miniature 

 form of M. tnsalia: the wing measures 6-75 inches as against 8, and the tail 7-75 as against 

 9-25. M. amhoimnsis (L.) vera has the lower plumage of M. Jeptogrammica and the upper of 

 M. phasianeUa. 



47. Iaxth(ENAs palumboides. (Plate XIII. in. onq.) 



Carpophaga palumboides, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 302, "Port Mouat " (1873). 



"S.Andaman: c? , iris reddish yellow; feet pink, claws white; bill pinkish lilac at base 

 and white at tip ; length 16 inches." 



Classed by Mr. Hume as a Carpophaga, but clearly belonging to the Cohnnbidce. It has 

 twelve rectrices. 



Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 315. 



48. Chalcophaps indicus (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 284. no. 29 (1766). 



" S. Andaman : d , bill reddish brown ; legs and feet purplish pink." 



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