56 The Andamans and Nicohars. — V. Ball. 



" This species differs from tlie former in being nearly an inch 

 shorter^ and in having a white abdomen and longer wings in 

 proportion to its size. Length 5 inches/^ — Horsf., Linn, Trans,, 

 XIII, p. 143. 



In Wallace^s monograph of the genus CoUocalia, P. Z. S.^ 1863^ 

 p. 384^ G. Linclii and G. fucipliaga are treated as distinct 

 species ; but the consensus of most ornithologists is in favor of 

 their being identical. 



G. affinis, Tytler_, is considered by Blyth and Jerdon to be the 

 same as G. Linchi, Its description is as follows : — 



" Upper parts jet blacky iwith green and blue reflections ; 

 throat and breast brown ; belly yellowish-white ; under tail- 

 coverts dark-brown^ with green reflections, each feather edged 

 with white ; bill and legs black. The male a slightly larger 

 bird than the female.'''' 



$ Length 3'75 in.; wing 3-52 in.; tail 1-36 in. 

 $ „ 35 >r, „ 3-75 „; „ 1-36 in. 



The following is a description of the specimens from the 

 Andamans recently examined by me : — 



Above, — Black, with dark-green reflections; an indistinct 

 white band on the rump ; no spots on the tail. 



Underneath. — A white rictal spot ; chin to breast cinereous ; 

 the edges of the feathers lighter, thence to vent greyi sh- white j 

 feathers centred cinereous. Under tail-coverts centred greenish- 

 black. 



Length to end of tail 3'3 ; wing 2'95 ; tail 1'4 inches. 



They correspond in length of body and coloration with speci- 

 mens of C, fuciphaga from Batavia and the Nicobars (Blyth''s 

 Cat. No. 429). The wings are shorter, but that is in consequence 

 of the primaries not being fully grown. With Pelzeln''s figure 

 of G. Linchi they also agree. 



Variety. 



Variety from tie Nicohars.— Blytl, J. A. S. JB., XV, 1846, pp. 23, 

 369; Felz., Eeise der Novara, Vogel, 1865, jf>. 39, PL II, fig. 2. 



Blyth remarks that " several specimens from the Nicobar 

 Islands difier a little from G, fuciphaga of Java in having 

 more white underneath ; the crown and back darker and 

 tinged with blue more than green, and the wing somewhat 

 longer and straighter or less sickle-shaped. These characters 

 obtain both in young and old, but separation of them seems 

 hardly justifiable.'''' 



CAFBIMULGID^. 

 17— (112).— Caprimulgus Asiaticus, Lath, 



Andamans.— T. and JB., Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, p. 318. 



