

Length. 





Wing. 



Tail. 



$ 



375 



inch. 



3"52 inch. 



1-36 



s 



35 



Fam. 



3-75 

 MEK0PIDJ3. 



1-86 



1S72.] V. Ball — Notes on Andaman Birds. 277 



They correspond in length of body and coloration with specimens of G. 

 fueipliaga from Batavia and the Mcobars (Blyth's Cat. No. 429). They 

 appear also to he the same species as that figured as G Linchi in ' Reise 

 der Novara,' Vogel, T. II, f. 2, save that the metallic lustre as represented 

 is far too brilliant. The following is a description of our specimens. 



Above. Black with dark green reflections, an indistinct white hand on 

 the rump, no spots on the tail. Underneath. A white rictal spot ; from 

 chin to breast cinereous, the edges of the feathers lighter, thence to vent 

 greyish-white, feathers centered cinereous ; under tail-coverts centered 

 greenish-black. Length to end of tail 3 "3, wing 2 - 95, tail 1-4 inches. 



Col. Tytler's specimens from the Andamans, which he described as 

 C. affinis, had the following dimensions : — 



inch. 



5. Meeops qutnticoloe, Vieil. 



The collection contains six specimens of this bird. 



Fam. Cobaciadjg. 



f 6. Eiteystomus oeientalis, Linn. 



Three specimens. Is said to be common, but has not been previously 

 recorded from the Andamans. 



Fam. AjjCEOXEtdm. 



7. Alcedo Asiatica, Swains. (A. meningting, Horsf.) Two specimens. 



8. Peeaegopsis Bttemanica, Sharpe. Halcyon Grurial, Pearson. 



In this list I follow Mr. Sharpe's classification and geographical 

 distribution of the five races of Halcyon leucocephalus, at the same time I 

 feel strongly inclined to believe that a critical examination of the whole 

 series at present in the Indian Museum will shew that it cannot stand in 

 its integrity. 



Our present specimen closely resembles some of the duller plumaged in- 

 dividuals of _H~. Gurial from Bengal, and also agrees to a certain extent 

 with Sharpe's description of Burmanica, but differs from the figure given 

 of that race in the following particulars : the feathers of the head and nape 

 are much more albescent, the ochreous collar is broader and the blue of the 

 wings and tail has no tinge of greenish. Length 13 - 2 ; wing 6, tail 4 - 4, bill 

 at front 3, tarsus 6 inches. 



9. Halcyon Coeomanda, Lath. Two specimens. 



