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If, however, it should ever be proved that Temminck’s 
description was taken from an Indian specimen, then I think 
that probably my name humilior will have to be adopted for 
the Eastern race. 
Although no males of the species have been procured at 
the Andamans, we have procured a whole series, males and 
females of the same species, from the Pakchan Estuary, 
Tenasserim, Tavoy, Rangoon, and Akyab, all of which present 
the same characteristic differences as compared with the 
Indian bird, that the Luzon and South China bird does, and 
I have no doubt whatsoever that these all belong to the 
Philippine species. If this be so, then for the present at any 
rate the Andaman bird must stand as humilis, the nearly allied 
Indian species taking as above the name of tranquebarica. 
834 ter.—Turnia albiventris, Hume (II, p. 281.) 
Other specimens which have come to hand of this little 
Quail leave me no doubt as to its distinctness, though it must 
be admitted that the name was not happily chosen. 
847.—Agialitis mongolicus, Pall. 
It is most extraordinary, in fact almost incredible, but I 
cannot avoid the conclusion that this species must breed in the 
Andamans. I have birds shot in the neighbourhood of Port 
Blair in May, July, and September which appear to me to be 
unquestionably nestlings. The whole of the feathers of the head, 
back, scapulars, wing coverts, are broadly fringed with light 
buff; the central tail feathers similarly margined and tipped ; 
the white of the face, the sides of the neck, and the entire breast 
and upper abdomen suffused with buff. This is nota bit lke 
the birds in breeding plumage which I have from Central Asia, 
and also from various parts of India shot just before their 
departure, and they appear to me to be birds just newly fledged. 
One was shot in May, three in July, and three in September. 
The September birds having mostly less of the fulvous tippings. 
I can account for these specimens in no other way than by sup- 
posing that some few of the birds remain to breed at the 
Andamans. This appears to be in a high degree improbable, but 
T do not see my way to any other conclusion. 
858 bis.—LEsacus magnirostris, Geoftr. 
This species does not appear to be very uncommon at the 
Andamans. I have had several specimens sent me from near 
Port Blair and Port Cornwallis; we got specimens at the 
Cocos; the birds were also seen and an egg taken at Corbyn’s 
Cove, and a specimen was also seen at Macpherson’s Straits, 
so that it occurs throughout the Andaman group from north 
to south, but has not as yet been observed at the Nicobars. 
