662 MR. H, J. ELWES ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL [June 17, 



expect that the fauna of mountains of the interior of Siam, Anam, and 

 Cambodia, of which I am unable to say any thing from want of in- 

 formation, will be found to have the same affinity with the Hima- 

 layan fauna. 



The number of birds recorded from the Tennasserim provinces by 



Mr. Blyth is about 313. 



Per cent. 



Common to India and the Malay peninsula 93 30 



Found in India 117 37 



Found in the Malay peninsula 56 18 



Peculiar to Tennasserim, or Tennasserim and 



Burmah 47 15 



Among the most remarkable of these peculiarities are : — 



Hierax fringillarius. Pellorneum tickelli, Bl. 



Anarhinus tickelli, Bl. Turdinus crispifrons. 



Ampeliceps coronatus (also guttatus. 



found in Siam). brevicaudatus. 



Sturnus nigricollis. Hemipus obscurus. 



Garrulax belangeri, Less. Serilophus lunatus. 



strepitans, Tickell. Cymbirhyncus affinis. 



Pteruthius ceralatus, Tickell. Hypsipetes tickelli, Bl. 



JUachlolophus subviridis, Criniger ochraceus, Moore. 



Tickell. Crocopus viridifrons, Bl. 



Pomatorhinus albogularis. Arboricola brunneipectus, Bl. 

 Trochalopteron melanostigma, Bl. 



Andaman Islands. 



The birds of the Andamans have been made the subject of so 

 recent and careful a paper by Mr. Ball (' Stray Feathers,' part ii.), 

 that I need not say much about them. Lord Walclen has also 

 added a paper in the Ibis, ] 873, p. 296, in which he gives it as his 

 opinion that the birds of Andaman resemble in character those of 

 the highlands of peninsular India rather than those of the Malayan 

 or Indo-Chinese countries. I must confess my inability to discern 

 any thing particular of a highland character in the avifauna, which I 

 should have said was rather that of the opposite coast of Pegu. 

 Many genera which are common in Burmah, however, seem wanting 

 here, especially Hornbills, Pittas, Broadbills, and Timaliine birds. 

 This is the more remarkable, as the Andamans seem to be densely 

 clothed with forest, and have a large number of species which are 

 unknown elsewhere. 



At least a quarter of the land-birds seem to be peculiar to the 

 islands, an unusually large proportion when their situation is con- 

 sidered ; but it is quite probable that some of these may prove to 

 have no constant distinguishing characters. 



Only two Woodpeckers are found, both peculiar to the islands ; 

 but two species of Graucalus, as well as seven Pigeons and seven 

 Kingfishers, among a total of about 110 species, show that the avi- 

 fauna of the Andamans is by no means meagre. 



