NO. 1288. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND BIRDS— RICHMOND. 313 



NUMENIUS PHiEOPUS (Linnaeus). 

 [Scolopaaf\ phxopm Linn^kus, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., Pt. 1, 175S, ].. 146 (Knrcpe). 

 Five skins; three from Nankauri and two from Kamorta. The 

 leng-th, in fresh birds, ranges from 438 to 444.5 mm. 



"Common amono- the mangroves in all of the islands; many seen at 

 West Bay, Katchal." 



It was also observed at South Andaman. 



ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS (Linnaeus). 

 [Tringa-] hypoleucos Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed.,Pt. 1, 175H, p. 149 (Europe). 

 One male, collected at MaePherson strait, South Andaman. It is 

 reported as "common along the seashore" in l)oth the Andamans and 

 Nicobars. 



TOTANUS TOTANUS EURHINUS Oberholser. 



Totanus totanus enrhinm OBF^Rnohi^KR, Pmc. U. S. Nat. Uns., XXII, 19(X), ].. 207 

 (Lake Tsomoriri, Ladak). 

 Two males, from Kamorta and Car Nicobar. Total length, 263.. 5 

 and 279.5 mm. 



"Generally distributed." 



GALLINAGO, species. 



" We several times flushed snipe on Trinkut— none shot." 

 Family ARDEID.F. 



? ARDEA MANILLENSIS (Meyen). 



Ardea purpurea var. mamUensi^ Meyen, Acta Acad. Leop.-CaroL, XVI, suppl., 

 p. 102. 

 "A smaller heron [than A. mmatrana] with a rufous neck was sev- 

 eral times seen on Great Nicobar." 



ARDEA SUMATRANA Raffles. 



Ardea mimatrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, Pt. 2, 1822, \). 325 

 (Sumatra). 

 None obtained. 



"One flushed in a jheel in Trinkut; also seen in Katchal and Great 

 Nicobar." 



BUBULCUS COROMANDUS (Boddaert). 

 Canrromacnrom<mdaV><.nm\v.RT, Tal.l. PI. Enl., 1783, p. 54 (Coromandel). 

 An adult from Tillanchong. 



DEMIGRETTA SACRA (Gmelin). 

 [Ardeit:] xmra (tMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. 2, 1788, p. (140 (Tahiti). 

 "Seen at South Andaman," but no specimens were obtained. On 

 the Nicobars it was "generallv to l)e seen along the seashore." 



