The Andamans and Nicohars. — T. Ball. 79 



to six and a quarter^ aucl in the male having" a large portion of 

 the fore-front of its wing- green instead of deep maronne ; its 

 breast also is less tinged with falvous^ and the forehead more 

 albescent." 



This bird is common in the Andamans. 



CABF OP HA G INuE. 

 93 — (780). — Carpophaga sylvatica, Tlckell. 



Andamans. — Mouat's App., p. SGi ; Bli/th, J. A. S. B., XXVIIT, 



1859, p. 274 ; T. and B., Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, p. 332 ; Bli/t/i, Ibis, 



N. S., IV, 1868, p. 133; Ball, J. A. S. B., XXXIX, Ft. II, p. 



243 ; Ball, J. A. S. B., XLI, Pt. II, p. 287. 



This bird corresponds exactly with Indian specimens from 



Barma^ Caehar^ Central India. 



94— (781 ter). — Carpophaga insularis, Blyth. 



Nicubars. — ( C. sylvatica, Tickell, var.), J. A. S. B., XV, p. 371; 



( C cenea, var. Nicobarica), Novara Exp., Vogel, p. 105; Ball, 



J. A. S. B., XXXIX, Pt. II, p. 32. 



Mr. Blyth originally distinguished this bird as a variety of C. 



sylvatica. "Nicobarian specimens seem invariably to differ from 



those obtained thronghout the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal 



(from Arracan to the Straits), and also from Java, Sylhet, Ar- 



racan, &c., all of which are quite similar, in the green of the upper 



parts being wholly unmixed with bronze, and the ash-grey of the 



h^ad, neck, and under parts having no tinge whatever of vina- 



ceous; the primaries are devoid of the grey tinge; and the lower 



parts are much less deeply tinctured with vinaceous. Hence the 



ensemble, when several specimens of each are examined together, 



is conspicuously different.''^ — Blyth. 



The specimens which I obtained were bluish rather than 

 greenish on the upper parts, and contrasted, both in this respect 

 and in size, with specimens of Q. sylvatica, obtained at the same 

 time in the Andamans. 



Nicobar bird: wing 10 inches ; bill to gape \\ inches. 

 Andaman „ : „ 9^ „ ; „ „ 1| „ 



95— (781g?mi^). — Carpophaga bicolor, aS^co^j./ C albch 

 Gmel., nee myristicivora, Scop. 



Andamans .^Blyth , Mouat's App., p. 362, Narcondam Island; 



T. and B., Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, i?. 332. 

 Nicobars. — Blyth. J. A. S. B., XV, p. 371 ; Pelz., Beise der Novara, 

 Vogel, p. 107 ; Ball, J. A. S. B., XXXIX, Pt. II, 1870, p. 32. 

 Above and below white ; the quills, a broad terminal band on 

 the tail, and the margins of the external tail-feathers black. 

 Measurements in inches — 



A — wing 9 ; tail 5 ; bill 8 ; ' tarsus 1. 

 B— „ 9-25 ; „ 6; ,.1; „ 11- 

 A — specimen in the Indian Museum ; B — in my own collec- 

 tion, shot on Camorta. 



