from the Andaman Islands. 313 



Ramsay does not differ in colouring 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 1037; tail 7 ; 

 tarsus 2*25 ; bill from forehead, in a straight line, 2*36. 



41. Acridotheres tristis (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 1G6. no. 3 

 (1766). 



" Ross Island." 



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



42. Sturnia andamanensis. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 

 Temenuchus andamanensis, Tytler : Beavan, Ibis, 1867, 



p. 329. no. 67. 



" S. Andaman : $ , iris white; bill and legs gamboge; base 

 of mandible bluish slate/' 



43. Eulabes andamanensis, Tytler : Beavan, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 331. no. 71, " Andanians." 



Eulabes intermedia (A. Hay), apud Ball, Str. Feath. i. 

 p. 77. no. 89. 



"S. Andaman, January: $ $, iris dark brown ; lobes, legs, 

 and feet orange ; bill vermilion, yellow at tip. A young bird, 

 not sexed : lobes, legs, and feet yellow." 



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 Eulabes from the 

 Indian E. intermedia. Whether it can only rank as a " geo- 

 graphical race of the same species," must depend on the 

 sense in which that elastic phrase is applied. 



44. ?Osmotreron chloroptera (Blyth), J. A. S. B. 1845, 

 p. 852, " Nicobars." 



" S. Andamans : iris red ; bill at base greenish slate, at 

 point greenish white. - " 



A single example, unfortunately not sexed, of a large species 

 of Osmotreron. I provisionally 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. Wing nearly seven inches. 



