284 Y. Ball — Notes on Andaman Birds. [No. 4, 







Measurements hi inches. 







Wing. 



Tail. Bill. 



Tarsus, 



$ 



2-9 



2-7 -45 



•65 



9 



2-8 



2-7 -45 



•65 



ifam. Mertjlid^;. 



30. GrEOCICHLA INNOTATA, Blyth. 



One specimen. Length 7*2 ; wing 3"5 ; bill at front '7 ; tarsus l'l — 

 inches. 



Fain. BEACHTPODIDiE. 



31. Otocompsa jocosa, Linn. 



The Andaman appears to he identical with the Indian species. 



f 32. Bpachypoditts melanocephaltjs, G-mel. ? 



One specimen in immature plumage may belong to this species. The 

 metallic feathers of the head have not appeared. The outer edges of the 

 primaries are yellowish green. 



33. Irena ptjella, Lath. Yide Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 Ser. 

 Yol. Y, 1870, p. 417. 



The Andaman species of Irena corresponds with that found in Southern 

 India (Travancore) . It has the short tail coverts which, according to Lord 

 Walden, distinguish Irena puella from I. cyanea and I. turcosa. The collec- 

 tion contains males, females, and young males in transitional plumage. 



Wing. Tail. Bill at front. Tarsus. 



g 5 inches. 4 inches. "9 inches. "75 inches. 



5 5 „ 4 „ -9 „ -75 



Young $ 4-9 „ 4 „ -8 „ -7 



34. Oeiolus melanocepealtjs, Linn. One specimen. 



35. Oeiolus Akdamanensis, Tytler. 



In his last published remarks on this species (Ibis, IY, 1868, p. 132) 

 Mr. Blyth states his belief that the Andaman Oriole is distinct from Hors- 

 Jleldi, Bonap. ; previously having relincpiished his original supposition 

 as to its identity with coronatus, Swainson. He considers it to be " most 

 nearly akin to O. macrurus of the Nicobars, but is rather smaller." It is 

 distinguished from O. macrurus not only in size but in the amount and dis- 

 tribution of the yellow on the wings and tail and black on the head. From 

 CMnensis, i; may readily be distinguished by the black on the nape being 

 much narrower, Indicus having it of intermediate size. 



A specimen in full adult plumage, has the wings black save the extre- 

 mities of secondaries and tertiaries which are narrowly tipped with yellow, 

 and a bar formed of yellow tips to the wing-coverts of the' primaries. 



The collection contains three specimens, and there are six in the old 

 collection which were described by Blyth. Dimensions of one ; length 8*8 ; 

 wing 5 - 3 ; bill at front 1 ; tarsus '9 ; tail 3 "35 mches. 



