70 The Andaman^ and Nieobars. — V. Ball. 



63 — (372 &«5).-— Oreocincla inframarginata, Blyth. 



Andamans.—BlytJi,J. A. S. B., XXIX, 1860,2?. 106 ; T. and B.,Ihis, 

 N. S., Ill, 325 ; Bli/th, Ibis, N. S., IV, 132. 



" Uniporm dark-olive above^ with conspicuous pale rufescent 

 whitish supercilia, and light rufescent spots tipping- the wing- 

 coverts ; beneath pale, inclining to rufo-fulvous on the breast 

 and front of the neck, pure white at centre of belly; the 

 lower tail-coverts dark-olive, largely tipped with white; each 

 feather of the lower parts, except on middle of throat and of 

 belly, somewhat narrowly tipped with the colour of the back ; 

 outer caudal feathers successively more largely tipped with dull 

 white, though even on the outermost these white tips are but 

 sUght. The usual Oreocincla markings on the inner surface of the 

 wing. Bill dusky, and legs pale cinereous ; closed wing 4f inches; 

 tail 5 1 inches, its outermost feathers | inch shorter than the 

 middle pair; bill to gape 1 f^ inches; tarse 1 y g inches. Short first 

 primary f inch long, the second equalling the fourth and a 

 little shorter than the third. The bird approximates the female 

 of Merula Wardii, Jerdon. 



'^ The above is possibly a female of a species in which the 

 male is differently colored.'' — Blyth. 



BRACHYPODILJS, 



64— (447 Sis).— Hypsipetes Nicobariensis, -Hbr^/l et 

 Moore ; JS. virescens, Blyth, nee H. virescens, Temm, 



mcobars.— Blyth, J. A. 8. B., XIV, p. 575 ; XV, pp. 51 ei 370 ; Sorsf. 

 and Moore, Cat. E. I. M., I-,p. 257 ; Pelz., Beise der Novara, Vogel, 

 J). 75, Bl. lllfig. 2 ; Ball, J. A. 8. B., XXXIX, Pt. II, 1870,^. 31. 



"Plumage of a uniform olive-green above, the crown infus- 

 cated or of a brownish-nigrescent hue; throat and breast 

 dingy-whitish, a little tinged with yellow; bill dusky, with 

 yellow tomise, and elsewhere an appearance of its becoming ulti- 

 mately wholly yellow; the tarsi plumbeous." Distinguished 

 from H. Malaccensis , which it resembles by its infuscated crown 

 and its unstreaked throat and breast. 



Measurements in inches- 

 Length 8-5; wing 3-5 to 4; tail 3-5; bill to gape 1 to 1-135; 

 tarsus '75. 



65 — (460).— Otocompsa jocosa, Linn. 



Andamans. — Blyth,Mouat's Ap'p.,p. 361 ; T. and B., Ibis, N. 8., Ill, 

 1867, P.B26; Ball, J. A. 8. B., XLl 1872, Pt. II, p. 284. 



This is generally considered to be identical with the Bengal 

 species. 



