370 Notes on the Fauna of the Nicobar Islands. [No. 173. 



pelago. It was observed by Capt. Lewis in the central and southern 

 Islands. 



Nectarinia pect oralis, Horsfield : N. eximia, Temminck (nee Hors- 

 field). Inhabits also the Malayan peninsula and Java, but in the Te- 

 nasserim provinces and in Arracan is represented by the allied N. flam- 

 maxillaris, nobis. 



Zosterops palpebrosus, (Tern) : Sylvia annulosa, var. A. Swainson. 

 This species inhabits the hilly parts of India, from the Himalaya to 

 Ceylon inclusive, and also those of Arracan and Tenasserim : but I have 

 never seen it from the Malayan peninsula, and it is represented in Java 

 and the Philippines by Z. flavus, the Dicceum flavum, Horsfield. The 

 specimen described as Z. nicobaricus, J. A. S. XIV, 563, would seem 

 to be merely the young ; though I have never seen an Indian specimen 

 in corresponding plumage. The Society has, however, subsequently 

 received Nicobarian specimens in the ordinary dress of Z. palpebrosus. 



Oriolus macrourus, nobis, ante p. 46. A very distinct species, ob- 

 served only in the central Islands. I may here remark, that since my 

 Synopsis of this genus was written (loc. cit.J, I have discovered that 

 females of 0. melanocephalus very commonly assume the plumage which 

 is generally thought to be characteristic of the adult male; and I greatly 

 suspect that the same obtains in the various other species of Oriole. 



Hypsipetes virescens, nobis, vide p. 51, ante. Inhabits the central 

 Islands. 



Geocichla innotota, nobis, MS. (described in the sequel to my * Notices 

 and Descriptions of New Birds'). Both Mr. Barbe and Capt. Lewis pro- 

 cured what I infer to be a female of this well marked species ; and Dr. Can- 

 tor's Malayan collection contains what I incline to regard as the male. 

 The colouring is considerably more intense than in G. citrina, and 

 there is no white upon the wing-coverts ; the presumed female only has 

 a white throat, and the scapularies and interscapularies are olivaceous. 



Dicrurus balicassius, (Lin.) A specimen of this common Malayan species 

 was obtained at sea, by Capt. Lewis, when nearing one of the Islands. 



Tchitrea ? A species of Paradise Flycatcher, or Shah Bulboul of 



the natives of India, was observed but not obtained by Capt. Lewis. 



Myiagra carulea, (Vieillot). Common. 



Treron chloroptera, nobis, XIV, 853. A very distinct species, hitherto 

 only observed upon the southern Islands. 



