from the Andaman Islands. 315 



the feathers of the under surface are not transversely striated, 

 in fact that it is a representative form of M. phasianella. But 

 the Andaman Macropygia, which is represented in the col- 

 lection by seven examples, differs from M. phasianella in 

 having the head bright rufous, and not cinereous shaded with 

 violet — in the nape and interseapulary region being clothed 

 with rufous feathers very finely marked with black, more 

 evident in some individuals than in others, and not pure cop- 

 pery green or violet as in the Australian species — and in the 

 feathers of the pectoral and abdominal region being traversed 

 by distinct dark brown narrow lines, whereas inM. phasianella, 

 as in M. tenuirostris, M. emiliana, and others of that group, 

 the plumage of the under surface is uniform, without a trace 

 of striation, at least in the adult males. It is therefore j ust 

 possible that the Andaman is a species distinct from the Ni- 

 cobar. M. leptogrammica, ex Java, is nothing but a minia- 

 ture form of M. his alia ; the wing measures 6 - 75 inches as 

 against 8, and the tail 7 75 as against 9*25. M. amboinensis 

 (L.) vera has the lower plumage of M. leptogrammica and 

 the upper of M. phasianella. 



47. Ianthcenas palumboides. (Plate XIII.) 

 Carpophag a palumboides, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 302, "Port 



Mouat" (1873). 



"S.Andaman: 6, 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 be- 

 longing to the ColumbidcB. It has twelve rectrices. 



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

 (1766). 



"S. Andaman: 3 , bill reddish brown; legs and feet pur- 

 plish pink." 



One male in perfect (?) , one in imperfect plumage, and one 

 female in the collection ; shot in January. The male, although 

 apparently in full plumage, wants the broad bluish grey stripe 

 descending from -the crown to the interscapulars, which is 



