Letters, Announcements , fyc. 
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“ A Tern, very common, appears referable to Onychoprion 
melanauchen. It was, I think, breeding at the time of my visit 
on an island off the south outpost. I was not well enough, 
however, to explore the spot, although I noticed old birds 
carrying small fish there. 
“ Of the large Sea-Eagle (Haliaetus leucogaster) there are 
generally a pair about Ross Island, and I have noticed them 
seated on rocks on the mainland, and frequently heard their 
clanging scream amongst the high trees near the sea. 
“ Four specimens of Chalcophaps indicus were brought to me 
alive from Aberdeen, where they were snared by settlers as 
( green Pigeons one pair were adult, and one pair fully-fledged 
young; so that it is evident they breed on the Andamans. jgjj 
Reported to be plentiful. Collocalia fucipliaga takes to breeding 
inside houses, preferring inner rooms both on Ross and Chatham 
Islands. A large Acanthylis (?) has been observed on Ross 
Island. 
“ Todirhamphus collaris, Halcyon fuscus, and II. leucocephalus 
are very common. The former descends to the ground to feed— 
perhaps on hermit crabs, which are very common; the latter 
has the head much whiter than in Bengal. 
cc Other birds collected here are Gracula intermedia , Palceornis 
erythropygius, Artamus leucogaster, Picus andamanensis*, Edolius 
malayensis, Irena puella, Butorides javanicus, Ixus jocosus. 
u A Honey-sucker which looked like the female of Arach- 
necthra asiatica seen on Ross Island.” 
Dr. Jerdon, writing in October last to Mr. Blyth from 
Umritsir, says:— 
“ I have been in Cashmere for a short time this season, but 
did very little. The only rare bird I got was JEgithaliscus 
niveogularis, which I obtained at a height of 10,000 feet. I 
obtained one Nucifraga multimaculata also at a great elevation. 
(( I have been getting some live Falcons here—and among them 
Falco cherrug, as many as I pleased to buy. F. babylonicus, 
two young females, and one adult of the same sex! the latter 
I have skinned, the former I keep alive. It is the f Shahin^ of 
these parts, and is caught in the neighbourhood. I have sent 
* This also inhabits Sumatra.—E. B. 
