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3. Pal^ornis erythrogenys, Blyth, J.A.S.B. 1846, p. 23, 

 " Mcobars." 



" Palceornis nicobaricus, Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. ix. pi. 



(1857). 

 Palaeornis affinis, Tytler, Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 320. no. 27, 



<J juv. vel 2 , " Andamans." 

 " S. Andaman : £ , feet and legs bright olive-green." 

 Three males and seven females are in the collection. Males 



have the maxilla red and mandibula black ; in the females 



both mandibles are black, and the moustache is deep rich 



green and not black. 



4. Loriculus vERNALis(Sparrm.), Mus.Carls.pl. 29 (1787). 

 " S. Andaman : <5 , 2 , iris straw-yellow." 



Four examples, in no respect differing from Malabar and 

 Burmese individuals. 



5. Spilornis rutherfordi, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85, 

 " Hainan." 



Spilornis davisoni, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 307, "Anda- 

 mans" (1873). 



Hamatornis cheela (Latham), Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 314, 

 no. 1, "Andamans." 



" S. Andaman : £ , Dec. 27." 



A single individual in perfect (?) plumage and almost iden- 

 tical, save in its dimensions, with an example of S. cheela, J , 

 from Mussoorie, the only distinction being that the trans- 

 verse striations on the throat and upper breast are not so dark 

 nor as bold in the Andaman bird, and the chin and cheeks 

 are concolorous with the throat and breast, and not dark brown. 



Wing 15 inches; tail 10; tarsus 3 - 37; middle toe, with- 

 out nail, 1*50 ; bill from nostril in a straight line 1, from gape 

 to end of mandible T67. 



It may be here added that S. spilogaster , Blyth (J. A. S. B. 

 1852, p. 351), was described from Ceylon examples. It closely 

 resembles Javan S. bacha ; and I have never seen it from any 

 part of continental India. The peninsular Indian bird, if dif- 

 ferent from the northern form, S. cheela, must take another 

 title, the oldest applicable being ulbidus, Cuv., Temm. (1824). 



