V. Ball — Notes on Andaman Birds. 
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as I can see there is no authentic case of a non-crested speeimen having 
been obtained in Barma. There are certainly none in the Indian Museum. 
Several specimens collected by Dr. Williams and now in that collection are 
well crested and should be ranked as paradiseus according to Jerdon’s classi- 
fication. From J). Itangoonensis , as described by Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, the 
Andaman bird is distinguished by its larger bill and longer wing, if not by 
other characters ; from D. Malayensis ( =z setifer ? ) as represented in 
the Indian Museum (As. Socy. Coll.) by its very much larger size. Other 
doubtful species of non-crested Bissemuri are D. brachyphorus, Temm., 
apud Bonap., and D. singular is, Gray. 
In the present Andaman collection there are three specimens which 
have only a very slight trace of frontal crest, their measurements are : 
Length to end of Wing. Bill from gape. Tail. Outer T. feathers. Tarsus, 
ordinary tail. 
Sex p 12 inch. 6'2 inch. 1'45 inch. 62 inch. 1 inch. 
$ 12 „ 6‘4 „ 1'5 „ 65 „ 15. inch. IT „ 
Sex? 13 3 „ 6 5 „ 15 „ 7 „ 17. „ IT „ 
28. Aetames ieucopxghaJjIS, Gould, P. Z, S. Lon. 1842, p. 17. 
Lord Walden, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 555, has identified the Andaman bird 
with Gould’s Australian species. I have compared with it Gould’s plate and 
can see no difference in the plumage, but the bill of the Andaman bird seems 
larger. 
Fam. Muscic a vidt;. 
29. Myiagra Tttleri, Beav. 
Both Mr. Blyth (Ibis, 1868, p. 132) and Dr. Jerdon (ibid. 1872, p. 122) 
doubt the distinctness of the Andaman bird from the widely distributed M. 
azurea, Bodd. ; but chiefly, I, believe on the ground of that wide distribu- 
tion. With the specimens, 2 $ and 2 9, now before me, and not having 
been able to discover, in the Indian Museum, any specimens, or any publish- 
ed description of Indian birds shewing the same departure from the typical 
coloration, I am inclined to follow Capt. Beavan in his determination of the 
Andaman bird as distinct. 
M. Tytleri, Beav., is said to “ differ conspicuously in entirely wanting 
the black gorget on the throat of the male.” (Ibis, N. S. Ill, 1867, p. 324). 
This character as suggested by an editorial footnote is only an individual 
peculiarity. In the two males before me, the gorgets are distinctly marked ; 
but the other specific characters, the brighter coloration of the upper parts 
and the continuation of the blue of the breast to the abdomen which becomes 
slightly paler towards the vent, serve to distinguish this bird, if not as a 
species, at least as a well marked variety of M. azurea. The under tail 
coverts are white with a sky-blue tinge. The female like the male has no 
white on the abdomen ; wings and tail brown. 
