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



The white on chin and throat exists in Nos. 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 ? Nos. 

 1, 3 and 4 have no trace of it. 



61. Butorzdes Javanica, Horsf. 



Two specimens are conspicuously smaller than any of a good series of 

 Indian birds with which I have compared them ; but correspond closely in 

 coloration and other details of plumage. $ Wing 65 ; bill at front 2 - 4 ; 

 tarsus 1"65 inches. 



Fam. AnATiDiE. 



f 62. ? Maeeca punctata, Cuv. Could, Birds of Australia, vol. VII, 

 pi. 11. M. castanea, Eyton. 



What Col. Tytler's Querquedula Andamanensis may be I am unable 

 to say, as it has not been described, and the original specimen appears to have 

 been lost. Prima facie it is improbable that a local species of Querquedula 

 exists in the islands. Be that as it may, the present collection contains 

 specimens of what is commonly known as the ' teal' of the Andamans to the 

 residents there. Except that they have a patch of white sm-rounding the 

 eye and that the plumage of the head is somewhat -darker, they correspond 

 very closely with Grould's figure of Mareca punctata, Cuv. From his 

 description it is evident that the plate exaggerates the bluish tinge of the 

 velvet black speculum. 



Two of the specimens shew an incipient stage towards the full breeding 

 plumage of the male, scattered patches of bright ferruginous or chesnut ap- 

 pearing on the feathers of the breast and abdomen. 



The occurrence of this species in the Andamans would be very interest- 

 ing. It has previously only been found in Australia, Van Diemen's Land, 

 the Moluccas and New Caledonia. 



Note. — While the preceding pages were passing through the press tlie sad news 

 of the death of Col. Tytler at Simla reached us. His name, so frequently mentioned 

 above, will ever be inseparably connected with the avifauna of the Andaman Islands. 



