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been brought from Port Blair ; and it appears that the latter species is 

 common, as might be expected. This fine Sea-eagle preys chiefly on Sea- 

 snakes ; as the Ciecaetus gallicus does upon Land-snakes, whereas its 

 near ally, the H^ematornis cheela, subsists almost wholly on Frogs. 



2. We are further indebted to our Secretary, Mr. Atkinson, for a few 

 sundries from Port Blair, including perhaps a new species of black-naped 

 Oriole, additional to the five noticed in Vol. XXIV. p. 477; but it 

 requires to be compared with O. coronatus, Swainson (0. Mppocrepis, 

 Wagler), of the eastern archipelago, of which we do not possess a speci- 

 men. From O. macrourus of the neighbouring Nicobar Islands, to the 

 southward, it is very conspicuously distinct. Some years ago a Javanese 

 specimen of O. coronatus was lent to me, from which I took the follow- 

 ing note. " Differs from O. indicus in having a narrower nape-mark, a 

 shorter wing, and by the considerably reduced development of the yellow 

 on the secondaries and tertiaries." The Andaman Oriole has no yellow 

 at all on the secondaries and tertiaries, beyond a small yellow spot tipping 

 the latter, and a slight terminal yellowish- white margin to the former. 

 Colour of male brilliant yellow, with the nape-mark, wings beyond the 

 coverts of the secondaries, and a portion of the tail, deep black. The 

 female has a duskyish tinge on the mantle, and the exposed portion of the 

 black part of the wings is tinged with green, as also the middle tail- 

 feathers for the greater portion of their length. Middle tail-feathers in 

 both sexes slightly tipped, and the rest successively more so to the outer- 

 most, with bright yellow. Bill carneous and legs plumbeous, as usual in 

 the genus. Wing 5% in ; tail 9f in. ; bill to gape If in. N. B. In 

 colouring, this species resembles O. macrourus of the neighbouring group 

 of the Nicobars, but it is smaller with narrower nape-mark and propor- 

 tionally shorter tail, which last is commonly 5 in. in O. macrourus. 



Edolius malayensis, nobis. The Bhimraj of the Andamuns, as was 

 remarked on a former occasion, is identical with the Malayan species, with 

 rudimentary frontal crest. I had then only a young bird to judge from, but 

 have now an adult, with well developed racket-tail, though perhaps a female. 

 It agrees with some specimens from Pinang, having the frontal crest so 

 rudimentary as to be scarcely noticeable unless specially looked for, and 

 therefore accords better than any other with Sonnerat's figure of his Grand 

 Gobemouche de la cute de Malabar (so nearly crestless a race being, how- 

 ever, unknown on the western side of the Bay of Bengal). Some Pinang 

 specimens, however (perhaps males), have a slight frontal crest, measuring 

 from : i to | in. long, when the feathers are pulled straight, and which is 

 therefore conspicuously noticeable, though small. It is probably longest 



