1874.] REVIEW OF BR. FINSCH'S 'DIE PAPAGEIEN.' 269 



102. Nettapus coeomandelianus (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 522. no. 90 (1788). 



"S. Andaman: Feb. 10, iris undistinguishable, apparently red, ujiper mandible black, lower 

 yellow horn-colour, legs and feet greenish plumbeous tinged with yellow." 



" Port Blair, S. Andaman : July 28, d S ." {Wimherleij.) 



The two examples obtained by Captain Wimberley are adult. The one shot by Mr. W. 

 Ramsay is an immature bird. 



103. Sterna paeadisea, Briinnich, Ornith. Borealis, p. 46, " Christiania " (1764). 

 "Port Blair: May 20, 24; July 28, 30." {Wimberley.) 



One example (May 20) in perfect plumage ; lower surface deeply suffused with a rosy salmon 

 tint ; outer pair of rectrices exceed the middle pair by 3 J inches ; the white edging of the inner 

 margin of the primaries runs round their extremities ; the bill is black, except at the gape, where 

 it is orange-red. All the examples shot in May have bills similarly coloured, excepting one, 

 which has the basal half pale reddish yellow and the remainder brown. One shot in July has 

 the entire bill pale yellow. 



Mr. Howard Saunders, who has kindly identified this Andaman Tern, informs me that it 

 is absolutely identical with English, American, Spanish, and African specimens. 



104. Ontchoprion melanauchen (Temm.), PI. Col. 247, " Celebes" (1827). 



"S. Andaman: April 9, May 8, 9, 11, d 2, iris hair-brown, bill black, legs pinkish brown." 

 " S. Andaman: May 20, 24 ; July 30." {Wimberley.) 



Full series were obtained by both Mr. W. Ramsay and by Captain Wimberley. They are 

 all in perfect dress, and exhibit a delicate roseate hue on their lower plumage. 



105. Onychoprion anasth^tus (Scopoli), Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 92. no. 72 (1786), ex 

 Sonnerat. 



" S. Andaman : March 12, $ ." 



A Reply to Mr. Allan Hume's Review * of ' Die Paimgeien ' of Dr. Otto Finsch. By Arthur, ihs is74 

 Viscount Walden, M.B.O.U. [From ' The Ibis,' July 1874.] P- 270. ' 



Dr. Finsch published the first volume of his famous monograph of the Psittacidte in 1867 ; the 

 second volume in 1868. Mr. Hume has {I. c.) reviewed the work in 1874. It is of the highest 

 importance that the reader of the Review and of the following remarks should constantly bear 

 the last two dates in his memory. But the reader wiU be disappointed if, misled by the full title 

 of Mr. Hume's review, " Die Papageien," he expects a comprehensive account of the entire work. 

 For, though the footfall of Mr. Hume is not usually deterred by angelic fears, in this critique 



* ' Stray Feathers,' ii. pp. 1-28 (1874). 



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