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BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NK\\ r TEAL FROMTHE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 

 BY J. H. FLEMING. 



While cataloguing a number of birds from tbe Andaman 

 Islands, collected in 11)0."), by Mr. B. B. Osmaston, and now in 

 my collection, I noticed that in a series of twelve Andaman 

 Teal, only five agreed with tbe description and plate of Nettion 

 <t!h!</ul(iir (= Polionetta albigularis) in Vol. 27 of tbe Catalogue 

 of Birds. Six from North Reef Island (to the westward of 

 North Andaman), and one from Middle Andaman differ suffi- 

 ciently from tbe five from South Andaman to be described as a 

 new subspecies, which may be known as 



Polionetta albigularis leucopareus subsp. nov. 



Coti/pes from North Reef Island, Andaman Islands, c? and 9 , collected 

 by B. B. Osmaston, December 25, 1905. Fleming Coll. Nos. 19,064 

 (tf), and 19,0(>9 ( 9 ). 



Characters. Similar to P. albigularis albigularis (Hume), but averaging 

 larger, with a great deal of white on head and neck; margins of body 

 feathers cinnamon brown and better defined, producing strongly defined 

 spots, especially on the sides of the breast. 



(5 1 . Pileum, except frontal apex, very dark brown, this color descend- 

 ing the sides of the face behind the auricular region, and partially sur- 

 rounding it below; sides of upper neck light brown. Frontal apex and 

 whole face, including eyebrows and auricular region, pure white, this 

 color extending over the throat and lower neck, and continuing in a 

 wide collar around the hind neck. 



9 . Entire pileum dark brown becoming lighter on the sides of the head 

 and neck, confining the white collar to the hind neck, and reaching for- 

 ward below the auricular region. Auricular region, eyebrows, front of 

 face, throat and lower neck as in the male. 



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