52 The Andamans and Nicobars. — V. Ball. 



FALCONIDJE. 

 1* — (8).t — Falco peregrinus, Gmel. 



Andamans.— Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, p. 315. 

 Seen by Colonel Tytler. 



F. peregrinator was obtained by Simdevall between Ceylon 

 and Sumatra^ about 70 miles from the Nicobar Islands. 



2— (23 Us), — Micronisus soloensis, E.orsf.= ? Falco 

 Gumiloides, Tern. 



Nicohars. — Pelz., Reise der Novara, Vogel, pi 12. 

 " Above leaden-asby ; below dull ferruginous ; quills black ; 

 coverts white at base; tail-feathers, excepting the outermost, 

 barred with black, underneath white.'''' — Horsf., Lin. Soo. Trans.,. 

 XIII p. 137. 



3— (34 bis). — Spizaetus Andamanensis, Ti/tler. 



Aoidamans.— Tytler, J. A. S. B., 1865, _p. 112; T. and B., Ibis, N. S., 

 Ill, 1867, p. 215. 



'' Bill and claws slaty -horn color ; legs feathered to the toes, 

 which latter are of a dirty yellow color. The tail has usually 

 seven transverse bars of darker hue than the rest. The general 

 color of the bird is creamy-white, somewhat inclining to rufous 

 on the head, upper tail-coverts, and interior of thighs. The 

 wings, tail, and lower nape are brown. The head in some speci- 

 mens is slightly marked with longitudinal brown striae, and 

 the under wing-coverts of all spotted with the same.''"' 



" This species will probably be classed next to Spizaetus'l lim- 

 naetus of Lower Bengal and the Burmese countries, from which, 

 however, it differs conspicuously in the color of the plumage.^'' 

 $ Length 25"5 ; wing 13"5 ; tarsus 3'5 ; tail 10"25 inches. 

 ? „ 24-5; „ 13-5; „ 3-5; „ 10-25 „ 

 ? „ 2312 ; „ 14- ; ,, 3-75 ; „ 10-25 „ 



For full description of this species, see Mr. Hume^s Scrap 

 Booh, p. 203. 



4 — (39 Us), — Spilornis Bacha, Baud.; F. Udo, 

 Sorsf.?; S. spilogaster, Blyth ; S. Elgini, Tytler. 



Andamans.— Tytler, J. A. 8. B., XXXII, p. 87 ; Blytli, Ibis, N. S., 

 II, 1866, i>. 243; T. and B., Ibis, N. 8., II, 1867, p. 314; Blyth, 

 Ibis, N. 8., IV, 1868, p. 131 ; Jerdon, Ibis, 2>rd series, I, 1871, 

 p. 335 ; Ball, J. A. 8. B., XLI, lS72,p. 275. 



Foe, full description of this species, reference must also be 

 made to Mr. Hume^s Scrap Book, I, p. 230. 



* These numbere are continuous throughout the paper and indicate the 

 number of species recorded from the islands. 



f Numbers in parenthesis refef to Dr. Jerdon's ' Birds of India' and Mx. 

 ■Hume's Catalogue, 



X S. caligatus, Raffl — .Ed. 



