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supercilium and moustachial streak of a ruddy rust-colour. Closed 

 wing 3f in., tail 2J in., and bill and hind-claw as in A. PEATEffBIS, 

 of which it may be regarded as a local variety or sub-species. 



Obeoclncla pneeamaeginata, nobis, n. s. Uniform dark olive 

 above, with conspicuous pale rufescent-whitish supercilia, and light 

 rufescent spots tipping the wing-coverts ; beneath pale, inclining to 

 rufo-fulvous on the breast and front of the neck, pure white at centre 

 of belly ; the lower tail-coverts dark olive largely tipped with white : 

 each feather of the lower-parts, except on middle of throat and of 

 belly, somewhat narrowly tipped with the colour of the back ; outer 

 caudal feathers successively more largely tipped with dull white, 

 though even on the outermost these white tips are but slight. The 

 nsual Obeocincla markings on the inner surface of the wing. Bill 

 dusky, and legs pale corneous. Closed wing 4-f in. ; tail 3|- in., its 

 outermost feathers f in. shorter than the middle pair ; bill to gape 

 l T 3 -g- in. ; tarse ly-g- in. Short first primary f in. long, the second 

 equalling the fourth and a little shorter than the third. This bird 

 approximates the female of Mebtjla "Wabdii, Jerdon. 



Three other species of true Thrushes inhabiting the Andamans are 

 — Ttjedus bttpultts, Drapiez (modestus, Eyton), G-eocichla nraro- 

 tata, nobis, and Petbocossyphus pandoo. The following have like- 

 wise to be added, — Meeops philippinus, L., Lanius ph^tcueus, 

 L., Aeundinax oiivaceus, nobis, Peeiceocottjs speciostjs, (Lath.), 

 Hibtjndo bustica, L. (juv.), Osmoteeeon chloeopteea, nobis (here- 

 tofore only known from the Wicobars), CHALCOrHAPS ikdicus (iden- 

 tical with the Indian race, but different from, a pair received from the 

 Nicobars, which seem to be Ch. maeIjE, C. L. Bonap.) ; Thalasseus 

 aefinis {Sturna affinis, Raffles, St. hengalensis, Lesson, &c), and 

 Ontnochopbion anasthjstus, (Scopoli). 



The Edolius of the Andamans appears to be constantly a little 

 larger than Malayan peninsula specimens, with more tendency to 

 shew a rudimental frontal crest ; this, however, is less developed than 

 in Burmese and Tenasserim specimens. 



Of Temenuchus eettheoptgitjs, nobis, I have seen no Andaman 

 example yet with distinctly rufescent upper tail-coverts. 



The black-naped Oriole I think will prove to be Oeioltjs COEONA- 

 tus, Sw. (hippocrepis, Wagler), being quite distinct from that of the 

 neighbouring Nicobar islands, 0. maceoubus, nobis. 



