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find that the markings on the head are more plain in those speci- 

 mens which have brown margins to the feathers of the breast and 

 hind neck and ochraceous edgings to the wing-coverts, these last 

 being undoubtedly, characters of the young. The color of the 

 under parts is very rich ochre in P. intermedia, and is conti- 

 nued right up to the chin ; of course with only one specimen 

 I cannot say how far this character would be constant in a 

 series, but all the Bornean birds now before me have whitish 

 throats. The blue of the back is also different from that of 

 P. leucocephala, being, as Mr. Hume remarks, of a rich smalt. 

 I think, therefore, that P. intermedia must be kept as a good 

 species. 



JpMiioital Sotes 011 ifre gfatam of % gnkmnn §sknbs. 



Since I published my long paper on the ornithology of the 

 Islands of the Bay of Bengal, I have received many speci- 

 mens from the Andamans, and I have met with various notes 

 by Mr. Sharpe, Lord Walden, &c, on birds belonging to these 

 islands which require notice. 



The result of further observations and identification is that 

 four species have to be added to our list. 



(1) Ephialtes modestus, Walden. 



(2) Geocichla andamanensis, Walden. 



(3) Emberiza pusilla, Pall. 



(4) Tringa crassirostris, Tern, et Schleg. 



That the supposed Gyanocincla cyanus, L., of which we ob- 

 tained no specimens, should stand as C. solitarius, Mull., and that 

 the tern which I considered intei'mediate between gracilis, 

 Gould, and paradisea, Briinn, has been identified as the latter by 

 Mr. Howard Saunders. I may add that I have discovered that 

 by a lapsus calami I entered Turdas pallidus, Grm., for Turdus 

 obscurus, Gm. 



Three supposed new species — 



(1) Alcedo rufigastra, vel Beavani, Wald. 



(2) Ianthsenas nicobarica, Wald. 



(3) Megapodius trinkutensis, Sharpe. 



I am unable to admit, as such, for reasons given below 



Lastly, a large series of Euryzona Canningi enable me to 

 give full measurements recorded in the flesh and a fresh 

 description of this rare and beautiful Rail. 



