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where it builds in a cave near Escape Bay. It is this species, 

 and not linchi, that builds the nests chiefly collected for the 

 Penan o- market. We never noticed this species anywhere in the 

 Nicobars where linchi is so common, and, as a matter of fact, 

 though there are plenty of Burmese about the Nicobars, no white 

 nests are there obtained, in fact none at all are there collected 

 I believe, but there is, I know, one cave inland in Katchall, 

 where some kind of collocalia builds a pale yellow nest, but 

 where the cave is, no one, except Hung-hung-soo and possibly 

 De Roepstorff, knows. 



This species appears to be a permanent resident; we obtained 

 it from December to April, and Ave have received specimens 

 killed from July to September. 



110 Ms.— Caprimulgus andamanicus, Hume. 



(2.) 



I have already . described this species and its eggs in Stray 

 Feathers, 1873, p. 470. I have nothing further to add now 

 to what I then stated. 



This is doubtless the species which led to the inclusion of the 

 next species in the Avifauna of the Andamans. 

 112. — Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. 



All Tytler said was : — " I observed two Caprimulgi on one 

 occasion, but could not get them," on which Beavan remarked : — 

 " This species will probably turn out to be C. asiaticus."" 

 There is at present no reason at all to believe that this latter 

 species occurs in the Andamans. 



114 bis. — Lyncornis cerviniceps, Gould ? 



Several of the party, who landed on the Southern Jolly Boy 

 on the 8th of March, saw a huge goatsucker, that we considered 

 was certainly a Lyncornis, and probably belonged to this species. 

 I think two of the party were Dr. Stoliczka and Mr. Ball, so 

 that there is no doubt that some such bird does occur in 

 these islands, though probably it will prove to belong to a new 

 species. 



118.— Merops Daudini, Cm. (1.) 



Nicobar specimens (we obtained none at the Andamans) are 

 identical with those from various parts of India, Burmah, and 

 the Malayan Peninsular. 



Davison remarks : — " This species occurs in the Nicobars and 

 not in the Andaman group, where it is replaced by M. quin- 

 ticolor. In habits it differs much from both M. viridis and 



