Novelties. — Brachyjiodius fuscoflavescens, 397 



My only doubt about linchi being- actually identical with 

 affinis, Beavan, arises from the fact that Horsheld in describing 

 the former (Lin. Trans, XIII., p. 143,) under the name of 

 fnciphaga (he corrected the error and named the bird linclii, 

 later. Catalogue, E. I. Cs Mus., p. 100) gives the length at 

 5 inches. 



Now out of a large series of the Andaman birds mea- 

 sured in the flesh, none exceeded 4 inches, and they varied in 

 length from 3-75 to 4. The 5 inches is probably a misprint. 



Brachypodius fuscoflavescens, 8^. Nov. 



Resembles B. melanocephalus, but wants the well-marked black heacL 

 and has the whole upper surface suffused ivith a dusky olive tinge. 



Dimensions. — Male, length, 6-7 to 7*1; expanse, 9-5 to 10; 

 tail from vent, 2*8 to 3-2; tarsus, 0*55 to 0-65 ;■ wing, 3 to 3-2; 

 wings, when closed, reach to within from 1-9 to 2-1 of end of 

 tail; bill from gape, 0-8 to 0-9. The female slightly smaller ; 

 length from 6*5 to 6"'8 ; expanse, 9 to 9'7 and so on. 



Description. — Legs and feet, plumbeous ; bill in some, plumbeous 

 blue ; the upper mandible tipped and edged with black, in others 

 nearly all blackish, but paler and bluer at the base; irides, pale 

 Hue J 



The whole bird, except the wings and tail, yellow, (very bright 

 on the abdomen, vent and lower tail coverts,) somewAat minscated 

 on the breast, and strong ly so on the upper parts, with a dusky 

 olive tinge. The feathers of the chin and upper throat with 

 a blackish purple metallic gloss, and the feathers of the crown 

 with more or less of traces of the same. The basal portions 

 of the rump feathers are black, which, here and there, showing 

 through the broad yellow tippings, produce a more or less barred 

 or mottled appearance. The tail is tipped, most broadly so on 

 the laterals, with bright yellow; has a broad dark brown 

 subterminal band, and is olive yellow towards the base. The 

 whole visible portion of the closed wing is the same, somewhat 

 dusky olive yellow, as the whole upper parts (except the rump 

 which is yellower), but the inner webs of the quills are dark 

 hair brown, with a narrow pale yellow stripe along their inner 

 margins, towards the base only in the earlier primaries^ but 

 gradually extending, as the feathers recede, till in some of the 

 secondaries it reaches quite to the tips. 



