64 The Andamans and Nicohars. — V. Ball. 



bronzy -brown, crossed by bands of rufous; under surface rufous, 

 crossed by narrow bars of blackish-brown; tail-feathers longer 

 and more pointed than in the adult. 



This bird is inserted on the authority of Pelzeln. No specimen has been 

 as yet received in Calcutta from the Nicohars. 



40— (217 5is).— Oentropus Andamanensis, Tytler. 



Andamans.— T. and B., Ibis, N. 8., Ill, 1867, p. 321. 

 Andamans.— Ball, J. A. 8. B., XLI, 1872, Ft. II, p. 280. 



Originally described by Captain Beavan as follows : — " Of a 

 chesnut or rather cinnamon chesnut color, and a little smaller 

 than the Indian C. rufipenniS) but wants entirely the black 

 marking's of that bird.''"' 



The following is a description of specimens recently received 

 by the Indian Museum : — Head, neck to middle of back, chin, 

 throat, and breast rufous-grey. Abdomen, thigh-coverts, and 

 under tail-coverts the same, with an ashy tinge. Back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts ashy; wings and scapulars rufous-bay. 

 Tail brown, paling from the centre to the margins of the feathers. 

 Bill black ; length 17-18 inches ; wing 7 "5 inches ; bill at gape 2*7 

 inches; tarsus 1'9 inches. 



Both in its call and habit it very much resembles C. rufipennis. 



NECTAEINID^. 

 41 — (224).— Arachnothera pusilla, Blyth. 



Andamans. — T. and B., Ibis, N. 8., Ill, p. 322. 



42 — (235 6^s).— Arachnecthrapectoralis, Mors/. 

 Trans., Lin. Soc, XIII, p. 167. 



Andamans. — Tytler and Beav., Ibis, N. 8., Ill, 18H7, p. 322. 



Nicobars.-—Blyth,J. A. 8. B., XV, 1846, p. %10; Pelz.. Reise der 

 Novara, Vogel, 1865, p. 52 ; Ball, J. A. 8. B., XXXIX, 1870, 

 Ft. II, p. 31. 



'■ Above greenish olivaceous ; forehead, neck, throat, and breast 

 shining (metallic) cyaneous black ; abdomen yellow ; quills dark, 

 with yellow margins; rectrices black, terminally . banded with 

 white. Length 3-5 inches. The male is conspicuously distin- 

 guished by the bluish-black color of the anterior parts separating 

 the breast from the abdomen by a defined line. The lower part of 

 the tail appears nearly white; the interior rectrices are termi- 

 nated by a narrow band, which on the exterior ones successively 

 becomes wider. The female differs from the male in entirely 

 wanting the dark bluish-black color on the throat and breast.^''— 

 Horsjield. 



For further remarks on this species, synonomy, &c., see Vise. 

 Walden's Paper on the Sun Birds mlHs, N. S., IF, 1870,jo. 26. 



