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V. Ball — Notes on Andaman Birds. 
[No. 4, 
I have shot in Bengal and examined from other parts of India many 
specimens of P, speciosus, none approach in size Gould’s figures which are 
said to be life. 
25. Pebicbocotus PEBEGBrNtrs, Linn. 
Andaman specimens correspond with the darker plumaged variety of 
this bird from Madras and Ceylon, from one of which Gould’s figure is taken. 
I have not seen any description of P. fl aprons, Boie apud Bonaparte, 
from Borneo and Sumatra, possibly the southern form should be referred to 
that species. 
20. Buchanga (Dicbubus) Andamanensis, Tytler. 
This is, I believe, a good species, somewhat resembling T>. balicassius* 
hut distinguished from that species by its large sharply keeled bill and hair- 
like feathers, which spring from the nostril. The bill is more like that of 
a Dissemurus than a JDicrurm ; so much is this the case that in a former 
paper J. A. S. B., XXXIX, pt. II, p. 241, I was inclined to refer a very 
young bird of this species with the tail feathers only partly grown to the 
former rather than to the latter genus. I have compared it with all the 
specimens mentioned in Blyth’s Catalogue including edoliformis, but it is 
certainly distinct from any of them. 
Above and below black, with a greenish metallic gloss ; primaries brown, 
fourth and fifth longest and equal, outer tail feathers with a slight curl up- 
wards, under wing-coverts spotted with white lunules ; no rictal spot. 
Length. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Bill to gape. 
Tarsus. 
116 
5*5 
6 ; 75 
1-25 
*87 inch. 
105 
5-25 
6- 
1-25 
•87 „ 
11- 
52 
6 3 
1 25 
•8 „ 
27. Dissembbtis (Edoliiis) a f ftnis, Tytler et Beavan. 
The late Capt. Beavan, (Ibis, N. S. Ill, p. 323) discussed the reasons 
which led him to the conclusion that the Andaman bird is distinct ; since 
that time much has been written on the subject, but the nomenclature of the 
species is far from being in a satisfactory state. To start with, it is uncer- 
tain whether the three following species should be regarded as really belong- 
ing to three, two or one : E. Bangoonensis, Gould, E. Malayensis, Blyth, 
E. setifer, Temm. 
Dr. Jerdon (B. of I. Yol. I, p. 438,) and Mr. Gray (Hand list, p. 287), 
maintain that Malayensis and setifer are identical ; but Lord Walden 
(Ibis, 3rd Series, I. p. 174), states that the Javan E. setifer is distinct from 
Malayensis, and asks whether the latter is distinct from Bangoonensis ? 
calling it the Barmese species. Mr. Blyth has stated (B. of I. Vol. I, p. 438), 
that Bangoonensis is not from Banna but from the Philippines, and so far 
* D. balicassius, Linn., was obtained at sea near the Nicobars, according to Blyth. 
