from the Andaman Islands. 317 



-f*52. tEgiaeitis mongola (Pallas), Reise Russ. Reich, iii. 

 p. 700. no. 29 (1776). 



"S. Andaman : Jan. 7,2; 24, 6 2 ; 27, 2; iris (in both 

 sexes) dark brown ; legs and feet ashy green ; bill dark brown/' 



In winter plumage. 



-^"53. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). 

 " S. Andaman, Feb. 1, 3 " 



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

 (1788), ex Lath. 



GaUinula cristata, Lath. Ind. On. ii. p. 773. no. 23 (1790), 

 ex Lath. 



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



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

 green." 



f- 55. Numenius ph^opus (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 243 (1766). 

 " S. Andaman, Jan. 3." 



56. Actitis hypoleuca (Linn.), S.N. i. p. 250 (1766). 



" Ross Island, Dec. 15, 2 ; S. Andaman, Jan. 3, $ , 29, $ ." 



57. Actitis glareola (Gm.), S. N. p. 677. no. 21 (1788). 

 " S. Andaman: Dec. 31, 6; Jan. 22, <3 : legs and feet yel- 

 lowish green ; bill dark brown." 



Winter plumage. 



58. Tringa albescens, Temm.Pl. Col. 41. fig^/TOceanie" 

 (1823). 



" S. Andaman, Jan. 24: iris dark brown; bill black; legs 

 and feet greenish black." 



In winter plumage. Mr. Harting inclines to the opinion 

 that T. ruficollis, Pallas (Reise, iii. p. 700. no. 31, 1776), is 

 this species in full breeding-plumage, relying on the expression 

 "subtus collum totum ad pectus usque intense ferrugineum." 

 T. salina, Pallas (Zoogr. ii. p. 199. no. 309), Mr. Harting iden- 

 tifies with T. subminuta, v. Middendorf. Of that species Pallas 

 says, " Jugulum ferrugineo-nebulosum albnm, punctis fuscis, 

 in masculo crebrioribus ; reliqua subtus alba." Mr. Harting's 

 hypothesis can only be maintained on the assumption that 

 Pallas described examples of two distinct species in the full 



