1874.] BIEDS FEOM THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 257 



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with Temminck's plate and description of K hirsutus ; but he does not absolutely identify it 

 Avith that common and well-known species ; nor docs Mr. Hume (Str. Feath. p. 12), to whom 

 the specimen was sent, speak decidedly. The dimensions given by Mr. Ball (/. c.) are much too 

 large for N. affinis ; and this, taken together with the fact that both that gentleman and Herr v. 

 Pelzeln identified these Nicobar individuals with JV. hirsutus, make it possibly probable that 

 another form approaching the Malayan species does occur in that group of islands; for the 

 dimensions stated by Mr. Ball (wing 8, tail 5} are too large for even N. malaccensis. It may be 

 here repeated that the title of hirsuta was bestowed by Temminck on the Ceylon Hawk-Owl, and 

 that of scutulata, Raffles, was given to the Sumatran. 



In N. affinis the fourth quill is the longest, and the fifth slightly exceeds the third. 



Longitudo 

 Aloe. Caudae. 



N. affinis, 6 . . . 6-G2 4-75 Port Blair; five caudal bands. 



„ „ . . . 6-62 4-62 



? . . . 6-75 4-75 



N. horneensis* . . 7-12 4-50 Marup, N. Borneo ; four caudal bands. 



68. Capeimulgus maceurus, Horsf Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 142, " Java" (1820). 



" S. Andaman : March 10, ? , iris brown, bill black, legs and feet pinkish brown ; April 22, 

 bill dark brown above, below carneous, legs dingy vinous. Stewart Sound, Middle Andaman ; 

 April 3, bill horny brown, legs pinkish brown, iris dark brown." 



" Port Blair, S. Andaman, June 17, July 28." {Wimherley.) 



These five examples belong to a small race of the Javan long-winged Goatsucker. Perhaps 

 they may claim to be regarded as belonging to a distinct species ; for they are of a much darker 

 colour above, in hue resembling C.jotoka, their markings are somewhat different, and the 

 terminal white spots of the two outer pairs of rectrices are very much less developed, measuring 

 only 1-37. 



Long. ate. Caudse. 



South Andaman, ? 7-13 5-37 



? 7 5-25 



Middle Andaman 7 5-25 



Port Blair, ? 7-12 5-50 



,, » ? 7 5-25 



Java, 6 7-37 6-25 



Malacca, ? 7-35 6 



6 7-50 6-25 



69. HiKUNDiNAPUs GiGANTEUS (v. Hasselt), Temm. PL Col. 364, "Java" (1825). 



Acanthylis fjiganteus (Temm.), Tytler in Blyth's Append. Mouat, Andaman Isl. p. 358. 

 no. 17 (1863); Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 317. no. 13, "Eoss Isl." 



* For dimensions of N. hirsutus and N. sciitulatits Qnalaccensis), cf. Ibis, 1872, p. 365. 



Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 131. 



