NO. Jjss. AXl}A3LiX AXJ> NICOJlAJi ISLAND BJIU>,S—}U( JIMONJ). 2\)1 

 Family SYLVIID.!^]. 



LOCUSTELLA CERTHIOL.i (Pallas). 



Mutdcilla cerfliinht Fai.las, Zoo.-iT. Rosso-Asiat., I, 1811 (1S2(;), p. 509 (rc«,non 

 beyond liike ]'>aikal): 



One male, from Kamorta, colleoted February 1". "Iris, l)ro\vn; 

 leo's, fle^h-colored; feet and claws, pale brownish olive." 

 Apparently no previous record for the Nicobars. 



CISTICOLA CISTICOLA (Temminck). 

 Sylvia cisticola Temmisck, Manuel d'Orn., 2d ed., 1. LS20, p. 228 (Portugal). 

 Four specimens, all from Trinkut. "Common in the grassy lands 

 of Trinkut, Kamorta, and Nankauri.'' 



CISTICOLA, species. 



On Great Nicobar a small bird, supposed to be a species of Oisficola^ 

 was found to frequent the grassy plains in the southern part of the 

 island, along the upper Galathea Kiver, but Messrs. Ab])ott and Kloss 

 were so hurried in their trip up this river that no specimens were 

 obtained. 



ACANTHOPNEUSTE BOREALIS (Blasius). 

 Phyllopneuste borealis H. Blasiuh, Naumannia, 1858, p. 313 (Helgoland). 

 One adult, from Little Andaman. 



ACANTHOPNEUSTE TENELLIPES (Swinhoe). 

 Phylloscopus tcnellijie!^ Swinhoe, ll)i!~, 18t)0, p. 53 (Amoy, China). 

 A single adult male was captured at sea about 10 miles east of 

 Great Nicobar. It tlew on board the vessel, April 1. 



This species appears not to have been hitherto recorded from the 

 Nicobars. 



ACANTHOPNEUSTE LUGUBRIS (Blyth). 



I'liyllopiwuxte layuhriv Blytu, Ann. Mag. Nat. lliHt., XII, 1843, p. 98 (near Cal- 

 cutta). 



Two specimens from Henry Lawrence Island, and one from Mac- 

 Pherson Strait, South Andaman. 



Family LANIID.E. 



LANIUS LUCIONENSIS (Linnseus). 

 [Lanim'] lucionensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, 1766, p. 135 (Luzon). 

 A male was shot at MacPherson Strait, South Andaman, and a 

 female was obtained at Car Nicobar. 



