1872.] V. Ball — Notes on Andaman Birds. 283 



as I can see there is no authentic case of a non-crested specimen having 

 been obtained in Banna. There are certainly none in the Indian Museum. 

 Several specimens collected by Dr. Williams and now in that collection are 

 well crested and should be ranked as paradiseus according to Jerdon's classi- 

 fication. From JD. Bangoonensis, as described by Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, the 

 Andaman bird is distinguished by its larger bill and longer wing, if not by 

 other characters ; from B>. Malayensis ( = setifer ? ) as represented in 

 the Indian Museum (As. Socy. Coll.) by its very much larger size. Other 

 doubtful species of non-crested Dissemwi are D. hrachypliorus, Temm., 

 apud Bonap., and D. singularis, G-ray. 



In the present Andaman collection there are three specimens which 

 have only a very slight trace of frontal crest, their measurements are : 

 Length, to end of Wing. Bill from gape. Tail. Outer T. feathers. Tarsus. 



ordinary tail. 



Sex ? 12 inch. 6"2 inch. T45 inch. 62 inch. 1 inch. 



$ 12 „ 6-4 „ 15 „ 65 „ 15. inch. 11 „ 



Sex? 133 „ 6 5 „ 15 „ 7 „ 17. „ l'l „ 



28. Aetamus leucopyghajlis, Gould, P. Z. S. Lon. 1842, p. 17. 

 Lord Walden, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 555, has identified the Andaman bird 



with Gould's Australian species. I have compared with it Gould's plate arid 

 can see no difference in the plumage, but the bill of the Andaman bird seems 

 larger. 



Bam. Mttscicapedje. 



29. Myiagba Tytlebi, Beav. 



Both Mr. Blyth (Ibis, 1868, p. 132) and Dr. Jerdon (ibid. 1872, p. 122) 

 doubt the distinctness of the Andaman bird from the widely distributed M. 

 azurea, Bodd. ; but chiefly, I, believe on the ground of that wide distribu- 

 tion. With the specimens, 2 $ and 2 9, now before me, and not having 

 been able to discover, in the Indian Museum, any specimens, or any publish- 

 ed description of Indian birds shewing the same departure from the typical 

 coloration, I am inclined to follow Capt. Beavan in his determination of the 

 Andaman bird as distinct. 



3£. Tytleri, Beav., is said to " differ conspicuously in entirely wanting 

 the black gorget on the throat of the male." (Ibis, N. S. Ill, 1867, p. 324) . 

 This character as suggested by an editorial footnote is only an individual 

 peculiarity. In the two males before me, the gorgets are distinctly marked ; 

 but the other specific characters, the brighter coloration of the upper parts 

 and the continuation of the blue of the breast to the abdomen which becomes 

 slightly paler towards the vent, serve to distinguish this bird, if not as a 

 species, at least as a well marked variety of M. azurea. The under tail 

 coverts are white with a sky-blue tinge. The female like the male has no 

 white on the abdomen ; wings and tail brown. 



