294 ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE AVI-FAUNA, XC. 
881 dis.—Tringa crassirostris, Tem and Schl. 
Is another species obtained near Port Blair by Lieutenant 
Wardlaw Ramsay. 
913 d1s,—Hypotenidia obscuriora, Hume (S. F., Ja- 
nuary 1874, p. 802, H. ferrea, Walden, Ibis, April 
1874, p. 147.) 
Having now had the opportunity of comparing over 
twenty specimens of the Andamanese Rail with fully double 
that number of specimens of striata from very numerous 
localities in India, Burmah, and the Malay Penisular, 
I believe that no doubt can exist as to the specific distinctness 
of the insular form. 
At p. 889, Vol. III, I described a supposed new Rail under 
the name of LHypotenidia abnormis. No further specimens 
of this have come to hand, and I have a conviction that it 
will turn out to be an abnormal variety of obscuriora, probably 
a nearly adult bird, that, as an accident, has not put on the 
normal white banding of the upper surface. 
951.—Nettapus coromandelicus, Lin. 
This species turns out to be not very uncommon in the 
Andamans, and a good many specimens have been sent to us. 
983.—Gelochelidon anglica, Mont. 
This is another species new to these islands. It was killed 
by Captain Wimberley, in the 8S. Andamans, in November, and 
is, he says, the only one he has seen. ‘The specimen is a rather 
small young female, the primaries very dark, the wing only 
11-5 ; tarsus, 1"'1; bill at front, 15. 
986 ¢er.—Sterna Dougalli, Mont. 
Though not apparently a constant resident, or even a 
regular visitant to the Andamans, this species occurs there 
from time to time in large flocks, so much so that during 
the last 18 months I have seen fully 50 specimens. 
The bills vary in color according to season. In birds 
killed in April they are blackish, in| May they begin to 
change to orange red at the bases. In June only the terminal 
portions are blackish dusky, and in July the whole of the bill 
has become red or orange red. (vide ante note, p. 246.) 
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