20-4 
Adult Adult 
Dimensions. Mee Howie 
Age bh) Se eC ois bo RERUNS tS c cis w cel ee 25°25 
WGRAMNO, LA) i cs sep eee bene. oaks s eae 40°45 
Wiarto,'s 50.08 See ele Ys Sine vo.e ae UE 14:25 
Which primary ‘longest, See eaie avec kets 5th 5th 
Amount by which other primaries fall short 
OT GIEE, Iie oneters aveete orm ss ie Ue a'b ee hae Ist 4 Ist 3°75 
‘s 2nd 1:0 2nd 1°5 
Length of tail from MED beth. Ua taene nimeleehe 10°15 10°25 
By how much longest tail feathers exceed 
BIOELGSE, feria ions es Wes o> Rie aintae see ete 0-5 15 
Tarsus, (feathered to feet,) . ones Meena ec 3°6 
Hoot, ereatest length, . 2. icte. sli eee 3°3 3°45 
i" UL titi. 1s ote ee Oe ae 3'2 2°8 
DIGG TOG SE Siebe ahdia ie Ghd theta dese Wetere, ofa latete re 1:95 18 
die claw,along curve. =) ct ace ee cena 0°85 0°85 
Pa Oe, 1272, eS. Bese otiee a eae ee ee keg 1-1 
Uisiclaw, along eurve, i i..'. 2.9 bie = bees 1-2 as 
MPTLOT MGIC tie tse Winks soles iate Rhee meglene ta ehaine 1:05 1°3 
iis claw, alone Curves.- -.\.%\ ire Re olslamle : ted 1-1 
Bill, straight (from edge of cere),........ de®, 1:23 
as along curve, do. vis (Rigas od Oe 1-4 
> POM AMO: s “ss toe lelstoisrthue wanes ete 1:65 16 
- WAGE aL ACs: adres oLelaclele ele ate do dct 
‘5 height at margin of cere, ...... 0°65 0°55 
Wenath ofveere: bn hh Grats deadlines 0-4 0°35 
Distance by which lower tail coverts fall 
short olenmunt taal «iis 2: Oh cee ie 3°8 39 
“© Spizetus Andamanensis, Tytler. First, male adult ; head with 
the traces of a crest, and of a ight brown colour, striped with dark 
brown ; each feather is, for the basal three-fourths white, and one- 
fourth from the tip ight brown with a longitudinal dark brown 
stripe in the centre, which gives an appearance of light brown 
to the head, but on the feathers being in the slightest ruffled, 
the head assumes an albescent appearance. Back, wings and 
tail brown, but from the greater portion of the base of each fea- 
ther being white or light brown, the upper surface of the bird 
assumes a mottled appearance of brown and white, the brown 
being darkest in the centre of the back, quill feathers and _ tail. 
The greatest portion of the inner web of the quill feathers is 
white, which gives a white appearance to the under surface of 
the wing which is most striking when the bird is flying. The 
primaries are dark towards their points, but all the wing fea- 
thers are more or less conspicuously banded with four or five 
