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

 wing 3^ in., tail 2% in., and bilí and hind-claw as in A. peatensis, 

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



Oeeocincla ineeamaeglnata, nobis, n. s. Uniform dark olive 

 above, with conspicuous palé rufescent-wbitish supercilia, and light 

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

 rufo-ful vous on the breast and front of the neck, puré 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 

 usual Qeeocincla markings on the inner surface of the wing. Bill 

 dusky, and legs palé corneous. Closed wing 4f in. ; tail 3^ in., its 

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

 l T 3 g- in. ; tarse ly 1 ^ 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 Meeula Wardii, Jerdon. 



Three other species of true Thrushes inhabiting the Andamáns are 

 — Tuedus eueulus, Drapiez (modestus, Eyton), Geocichla inno- 

 tata, nobis, and Petrocossyphtts pandoo. The íbllowing have like- 

 wise to be added, — Merops piiilippinus, L., Lanitjs phjenictjeus, 

 L., Aetjndinax oiiyaceus, nobis, Pericrocottts speciostjs, (Lath.), 

 Hietjkdo etjstica, L. (juv.), Osmoteeeon chloeoptera, nobis (here- 

 tofore only known from the Nicobars), Chalcophaps ikdicüs (iden- 

 tical with the Indian race, but diíferent from. a pair received from the 

 Nicobars, which seem to be Ch. mariíe, C. L. Bonap.) ; Thalassetjs 

 aefustis (Stuma affinis, Raffles, St. hengalensis, Lesson, &c), and 

 Onynochopeion anasthvEttjs, (Scopoli). 



The Edolius of the Andamáns appears to be constantly a little 

 larger than Malayan península specimens, with more tendency to 

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

 in Burmese and Tenasserim specimens. 



Of Tementjchus ertthroptgitjs, nobis, I have seen no Andamán 

 example yet with distinctly rufescent upper tail-coverts. 



The black-naped Oriole I think will prove to be Orioltjs coeona- 

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

 neighbouring Nicobar islands, O. maceofeus, nobis. 



