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I found many nests in June and July containing, as a rule, 4 eggs in ( ach. They 

 were built sometimes in thick brushwood, and sometimes on the ground in 

 rushes and grass. 



1420. Emeus magnirostris. — The Australian Stone-Plover. 

 One or more pairs of this fine plover frequent the shore of almost every 

 island, e. g. North Bulton, Niell, Sir Hugh Rose, Cinques, &c. I failed to find 

 their eggs, but they certainly breed in the spring. 



1421. Dromas ardeola. — The Crab-Plover. 

 Not common in the Andamans. I saw a large flock of about t'.j or 70 at 

 Rogolochang (Baratang Island) in April, and secured several by stalking 

 them in the shore after dark. 



1425. Olareola or ientalis. —The Large Indian Pratincole. 

 Rare. I shot one out of a pair, at the Vadakachang swamp, early in March. 



1430. Strepsilas inter 'pres.-~ The Turnstone. 

 Fairly common. I shot 5 out of a flock of about 20 on North Bulton on 

 5fch May. They were in fine rufous breeding plumage. 



1439. Charadrius fulvus. — The Eastern Golden Plover, 

 Fairly numerous in the cold weather, being found in grass lands and on 

 the banks of tidal creeks. 



1442. AUgialitis geoffroyi. — The Large Sand Plover. 

 Not uncommon in Port Blair in the spring. 



1454. Numenius arquata — The Curlew. 

 Common on muddy shores and along tidal creeks, generally solitary or in 

 pairs, and very wary. They come in about October and disappear in April. 

 1455. Numenius phceopus. — The Whimbrel. 

 Similar habits to the above, but less wary and more numerous, being often 

 found in small flocks of 3 or 4 to a dozen. 



1460. Totanus hypoleucus.— The Common Sandpiper. 

 This is the commonest of our shore birds, being found almost everywhere 

 in suitable open, damp places. They are the first of the summer emigrants to 

 arrive and the last to leave. A few stragglers may usually be seen well on into 

 May, and by the middle of August they begin to return from their northern 

 breeding haunts. 



1472. Tringa ruficollis.—lhe Eastern Little Stint. 

 Shot at Nadakachang swamp in January. 



1473. Tringa sulminuta— The Long-toed Stint. 

 Shot at Nadakachang swamp in March in the same spot which had been 

 occupied by T. ruficollis earlier in the year. 



1484. Gallinago ccelestis. — The Common Snipe. 

 A single specimen of this snipe was shot last season by Captain Howard- 

 Vyse". 



1485. Gallinago stenura. — The Pintail Snipe. 

 Common in suitable places throughout the cold weather. They begin to 

 arrive in September and disappear in April,, 



