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abode on, Trinkut Island. The only bird that would be likely to be 

 chosen as foster parent is Dissemurus affinis, but these are far out- 

 numbered by the present species. The only island, on which I 

 have not observed this bird, is Batty Malve/' 



The dimensions (recorded in the flesh) of specimens (males) 

 killed by us at Teressa, Trinkut, and Mount Harriet were : — 



Length, 17 ; expanse, 24 to 25 ; wing-, 7 "75 to 8*0 ; tail, from 

 vent, 8'0 to 8'5 ; tarsus, 1*25 to 1*3 ; bill, from gape, 1*5 to 1*6 ; 

 from nostril to point, - 83 to 0*86 ; closed wings, reach to with- 

 in from 4*25 to 4*5 of end of tail ; weight, 4 ozs. to 5 ozs. The 

 legs and feet were plumbeous, soles whitish; irides, carmine 

 to deep crimson. Gape and orbital skin pinkish. Bill light 

 greenish horny, or again dull yellowish white, tinged plumbeous 

 near the base. 



214 ter. — Eudynamys mindanensis, Lin. (0.) 



Von Pelzeln, Reise Novara, Vogel, p. 103, gives Eudynamys 

 australis, Swainson, (which=i£. cyanocephala, Latham,) with 

 mindanensis as a synonyme. I am doubtful, however, whether 

 he accepts Cabanis' species as distinct, and I do not think that he 

 means that the young bird, killed by the Novara Expeditionon 

 Car Nicobar, was different to what we obtained. The only thing 

 is we have called it malayana, while he would assign it to 

 mindanensis. Our specimens, as already mentioned, agree with 

 those from Malacca and Thyet Myo. I do not therefore at 

 present include mindanensis in our list. 



217 Ms.— Centropus andamanensis, Tytler. (23.) 



The following are the dimensions of this species recorded in 

 the flesh :-— 



Length, 18 to 19-5 ; expanse, 20*25 to 22 ; wing, 6"4 to 6'8. ; 

 tail, from vent, 10 to 11 ; tarsus, 1*9 to 2'2 ; bill, from gape, 

 1*6 to 1'8; bill, from anterior margin of nostrils to point, 0"9 

 to 1*03 ; wings, when closed, reach to within from 7 to 7*5 of 

 end of tail ; weight, 7 to 9 ozs. 



The legs and feet are black ; soles plumbeous ; bill black, some- 

 what paler on the lower mandible ; irides vary from crimson to 

 carmine ; in one specimen buffy white ! 



The whole of the head, neck all round, breast and upper back, 

 brown, varying very much in shade in different specimens ; when 

 the bird is freshly moulted, this is almost sepia brown, while 

 when the former is about to moult it is a pale whitey brown. The 

 rest of the lower parts similar, but somewhat darker, especially on 

 the tibial plumes, vent and lower tail coverts. The entire wings 



