"88 The Andamans and Nicobars. — V. Ball. 



Me astir ements in incites. 



Note. — H. jugularis is given by Pelzeln as a distinct species from the 

 Andamans. 



123— (931).— Butorides javanica, Sorsf. 



Andamans.— T. and B., Ibis, N. S., Ill, 1867, p. 333 ; Ball, 



J. A. S. B., XLI, Ft. II, 1867, p. 290. 

 Nicohars.—Felz., Beise der Novara, Vogel, p. 124. 



Two specimens are conspicuously smaller than any of a good 

 series of Indian specimens with which I have compared them, bub 

 correspond closely in coloration and other details of plumage. 

 $ Wing 6*5 j bill at front 2'4; tarsus 1*65 inches. 



124 — (937).— Nycticorax griseus, Linn. 



Nicobars. —Blyth, J. A. S. B., XV, 1846, p. 373. 



125 — (963 Us). — Mareca punctata, Ciw. ? Quer- 

 quedula Andamanensis. Tytler. — Ibis, N. S., Ill, 

 1867, p. 333. 



Andamans.— Ball, J. A. S. B., XLI, Ft. II, 1872, p. 290. 

 Since writing last on this bird {loc. cit.), I found an old un- 

 labelled specimen in the Museum of the Asiatic Society, which, 



