288 V. Ball — Notes on Andaman Birds. [No. 4, 



f 51. iEoiALiTis geoefboyi, Wagler. 



Two specimens shot in May, have the winter plumage as described and 

 figured by Mr. J. E. Harting (Ibis, 1870, p. 379) : 



Length. Wing. Bill at front. Tarsus. 



8-3 5-4 1 1-4 inch. 



8-1 5-3 1 1-4 „ 



Col. Tytler says that he only obtained a distant view of the bird which 

 is enumerated in Beavan's list as JE. pyrrlwthorax ( = 2E. mongolicus 

 apud Harting), so that it is not improbable that it was this species which 

 he saw. It may have been this species too, which I observed in the Nico- 

 bars. 



f 52. Eudeomias veeedus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1818, p. 38, B. of Aus- 

 tralia, VI, pi. 14. Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 209. 



Mr. Harting's paper loc. c. enables a specimen in winter plumage to be 

 identified with certainty. Length 8"2 ; wing 6 - 4 ; bill "9 ; tarsus 1*8 ; un- 

 covered portion of tibia *9 inches. 



Fam. ScoLOPAcnxa:. 



53. Ntjheotxts ph^optjs, Linn. 



One specimen in the collection. The bird is said to be common in the 

 clearings and cultivated grounds. It is enumerated in Blyth's list of Anda- 

 man birds but not in Beavan's. 



It was obtained in the Nicobars by the Novara expedition, and also by 

 myself; J. A. S. B. XXXIX, pt. II, p. 33. 



f 54. ACTITIS GLAEEOIA, Grmel. 



t 55. Actitis hypoueucos, Linn. 

 One specimen of each of the above. 



Fam. PtALLIDiE. 



56. Etjeyzona Canningi, Tytler, Ibis, 1803, p. 119. 



This collection contains one specimen of the above rail which was first 

 described by Tytler and Blyth in the Ibis. 



Mr. Wood Mason says the bird is rather common hi the grass bordering 

 creeks. The specimen was shot near Hopetown. 



Measurement : wing 6*3 ; tail 3-3 ; bill at front 1*1 ; tarsus 2 inches. 



t 57. Ealltts steiattts, Linn. ? 



This bird differs from B. striatus, as represented in the Indian Museum 

 (Blyth's Catalogue, No. 1671), in its longer and more powerful bill and in 

 the abrupt termination of the rufous of the head and back of the neck, 

 which in ordinary specimens is continued for some distance along the sides 

 of the bluish grey of the breast. In other respects it corresponds with the 

 common Indian bird. Wing 515 ; bill at front T7 ; tarsus 1'55 inches. 



