The Andamans and Nicobars. — V. Ball. . 53 



5— (41).— Polioaetus ichthyaetus, Horsf. Lin. Trans., 

 XIII, p. 136 ; Zool. Res. in Java, p. 34. 



Andamans. — Seen ly Colonel Tytler. Ibis, N. 8., Ill, 1867, p. 316. 



6— (43).— Haliaeetusleucogaster, Gmel.-, Blagrusdi- 

 midiatus, Raffles. 



Andamans and Narcondam.— T. and B., Ibis,\ N. 8., Ill, 1867, 



p. 315 ; Ball, J. A. S. B., XLI, 1872, p. 276. 

 Nicobars.— Blyth. J. A. S. B., XV, p. 369 ; Mouat's App., «. 356 ; 



Ball, J. A. 8. B., XXXIX, 1870, p. 30. 



7 — (56). — Milvus Govinda, Sykes. 



Andamans.— T. and B., Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, p. 315. 



STBIGID^. 



8— (65 62>).— SyrniumseloputO, Horsf.; Striw pago- 

 durum, Tern. 



Andamans.— T. and B., Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, jo. 316. 

 Nicobars.— Blyth, J. A. S. B., XV, p. 369. 



For description of this species^ see Scrap Booh, p. 358. 



9 — (74 fti^).— Ephialtes spilocephalus, Blyth? 



Andamans. — ? (E. Lempigi), T. and B., Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, 

 p. 136; Ball, J. A. S. B., XLI, 1872, Ft. II, p. 276. 



" So far as it is possible to make out one of these difficult birds 

 without a good series for comparison^ the specimen of Andaman 

 Scops before me appears to correspond most nearly with Blyth''s 

 description of E. spilocepJialus ( = 8. Malay anus, Hay?)^ J. A. 

 S. B., XV, p. 8, and with a specimen of that species from Masuri 

 in the old collection, No. 147, I, of Blyth's Cat. 



" Mr. Hum.e only doubtfully refers spiloceplialus, Blyth, to 

 gymnopodus, Gray, so that for the present I think it safer to give 

 Blyth^s name. The bird certainly belong-s to the pennatus type, 

 as distinguished by Mr. Hume, though Colonel Tytler records 

 IE. Lempigi from the Andamans. 



" Authorities are so divided as to the nomenclature to be adopted 

 in reference to this genus, that, without attempting to discuss 

 the question as to what species spiloceplialus should be finally 

 referred to, I shall confine myself to showing the points of re- 

 semblance between the Andaman bird and spiloceplialus, Blyth, 

 by the description of the former, which is as follows : — 



''Above. — Rufous inclining to bay, each feather of the head, 

 back of neck, scapulars, wing-coverts, back and rump with two 

 fawn-colored spots edged with black. Primaries — first two not 

 grown, fourth and fifth equal, five white spots on the outer webs. . 



