248 ON A COLLECTION OF BIEDS [1873. 



One male in perfect (?), one in imperfect plumage, and one female in the collection ; shot in 

 January. The male, although apparently in full plumage, wants the broad bluish-grey stripe 

 IbLs, 1S73, descendin": from the crown to the interscapulars, which is present in Ceylon, Malabar, Malaccan, 

 ^' ' Javan, and Philippine individuals. Is this peculiar to the nuptial dress 1 



49. Ch.\r.\drius fulvus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 687 (1788). 

 " S. Andaman : c? , Dec. 18 ; not sexed, Dec. 21." 

 In winter plumage. 



50. ^GiALiTis cuKOXicA (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 692. no. 29 (1788), ex Beseke, Schr. der Gesell- 

 schaft naturf Freunde z. Berlin, vii. p. 464. no. 49 (1787). 



" S. Andaman : Jan. 7, J ; Feb. 4 : iris brown ; legs and feet orange ; bill brown." 

 Two individuals in non-breeding plumage. I have never met with examples of this 

 European bird from Southern Asia in full breeding-dress. Burgess (P. Z. S. 1855, p. 80) states 

 that he believes the egg he described belonged to Charadrius minor, and that, if so, that bird 

 breeds in the Deccan in the month of April. But C. minor, ap. Burgess (/. c), is probably the 

 ^. minuta (Pallas), ap. Jerd. no. 850. On the other hand, I have never seen adult Indian 

 specimens of the small Indian Eiug-Plover (^. minuta, ap. Jerd.), except in full or nearly full 

 summer plumage. The correct title of this smaller species cannot be determined until it is 

 ascertained whether jE. curonica ever occurs in Luzon in full breeding-plumage. If it does not, 

 JE. chibia (Scop.) will be the oldest title for the smaller species. If it does, and the smaller 

 species is also found to occur in Luzon in breeding-plumage, then Sonnerat's bird must remain 

 for ever undeterminable. The title of curonicus was given by Gmelin to a bird which Beseke 

 {I. c.) described from a drawing, but on which he bestowed no title. 



51. tEgialitis geoffroti (Wagler), Syst. Av. Charadrius, no. 19, " Pondicherry, Java" 

 (1827). 



" S. Andaman, Jan. 20, 24 : $ , iris dark brown ; legs and feet green ; bill dark brown." 

 In winter plumage. Two examples, one sexed as being a female, Avith the whole under 

 surface unsullied white. A third ( ? , as sexed) with a broad ashy-brown pectoral band. 



Ibis, 1873, 52. ^GiALiTis MONGOLA (Pallas), Reise Russ. Eeich. iii. p. 700. no. 29 (1766). 



1). 317. 



" S. Andaman : Jan. 7, 2 ; 24, d ? ; 27, ? ; iris (m both sexes) dark brown ; legs and feet 



ashy green ; bill dark brown." 



In winter plumage. 



53. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). 

 " S. Andaman, Feb. 1, 6 ." 



54. Gallicrex cinereus (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 702. no, 20 (1788), ex Lath. 

 Gallinula cristata, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 773. no. 23 (1790), ex Lath. 

 Crested Gallinule, Lath. Syn. v. p. 267. no. 22, " China r' 



"S. Andaman, Dec. 15: 2 , iris brown; legs and bill olive-green." 



