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XVII.— On a further Collection of Birds made by Lieutenant 
Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, F.Z.S., in the Andaman Islands. 
By Arthur, Viscount Walden, P.Z.S., F.R.S. 
(Plates IV.-VL) 
Since publishing my notes'* on a collection of birds made in 
the Andamans by Lieutenant Wardlaw Ramsay, that gentle¬ 
man has kindly sent to me a large number of specimens from 
the same locality, the fruits of about two months’ indefati¬ 
gable exertion. They include thirty-nine species additional 
to those contained in his first consignment. These I propose 
to notice in the following pages, while in a future number of 
‘ The Ibis } I hope to be able to lay before its readers a com¬ 
plete list of the species known to inhabit the Andaman archi¬ 
pelago, together with some further remarks on some of the 
species mentioned in my former paper. 
Besides the rich series of specimens collected by Lieutenant 
Wardlaw Ramsay, I have had the advantage of being able to 
examine a valuable collection made in the same islands by 
Captain Wimberley. This gentleman has sent home the first 
specimens known in Europe of Ninox affinis, Tytler, an ex¬ 
cellent species; and he has also forwarded a numerous series 
of Spilornis elgini , which leaves no doubt of the validity 
of that species as distinguished from S. bacha —an opinion 
in which I believe I am entitled to say that Mr. J. H. Gurney 
concurs. 
63. Limnaetus andamanensis (Tytler), P. A. S. B. 1865, 
p. 112, “ Port Blair, Andamans.” 
Spizaetus andamanensis , Tytler: Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 315, 
no. 6; Hume, Scrap Book, p. 203 (1869). 
“ S. Andaman, April 15 : <$, bill slaty horn-colour; cere 
greenish ; iris amber; toes dirty yellow.” 
Lower surface from chin to vent pure white, the terminal 
portion of most of the feathers being centred with rich brown, 
* Ibis, 1873, pp. 296-321. 
