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that I saw it on the Gri'eat Cocos. They arrive at the Anda- 

 mans, I was informed about the latter end of November,, and. 

 leave again late in May or early in June. It usually occurs in 

 small flocks of twenty or more, but I have occasionally met 

 with it in pairs. " 



It would appear that some, at any rate, of these plovers 

 remain all the year round at the islands. We ourselves or Davi- 

 son shot them in every month from December to May. We have 

 since received specimens killed in June and also in July, and 

 numbers killed in September ; but the curious thing is that not 

 one of these is in full breeding plumage. It would seem pro- 

 bable that most of these are birds of the year, and that some 

 at any rate of them do not breed the first year, and do not 

 leave their winter quarters. At any rate this one fact is cer- 

 tain that we have specimens killed in every month from the first 

 week in December to the first week in July, and that we have 

 numerous specimens killed on all dates in September. It will 

 be seen further on that of many of the grallatores, heretofore 

 considered to be only winter visitants, a certain number 

 appear to remain throughout the year in the Andamans.* 



845 ter. — Endromias veredus, Gould. (0.) 



For full description of this species, vide ante, Stray Feathers^ 

 1878, p. 83. A single specimen was obtained at the Andamans 

 in May 1872 by Dr. Dobson's collectors; but we obtained 

 none, though we specially went in for all waders, nor has auy 

 other specimen I believe ever been obtained there. 



846.— Cirrepidesmus GeofFroyi, Wagler. (10.) 



We obtained this species in the neighbourhood of Port 

 Blair, at Macpherson's Straits, Camorta and Montschall, and 

 saw it at several other places, but it was nowhere numerous. 

 A specimen killed on the 8th March had begun to assume 

 the rufous breeding plumage; but others killed on the 25th 

 April showed as yet no signs of this. It is almost needless to 

 say that the specimens we obtained in the islands were entirely 

 identical with birds procured in Sindh and other parts of India. 



Davison says : — " This plover occurs, though somewhat spar- 

 ingly, both at the Andamans and Nicobars. I am unable to say 

 when they leave for their breeding- haunts, but they were with 

 JE. mongolicus, Tringa miniita, Strepsilas interpres, and a host 

 of others to be seen about Port Blair a few days before I left 



* Since this was written, Mr. Legge has remarked the same fact at Ceylon. — vide Stray 



SKaihers, 1873, p, 490. 



