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V. Ball — Notes on Andaman Birds. 
[No. 4, 
t 51. iEOTALITIS geofpeoyi, Wagler. 
Two specimens sliot 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 6-4 1 1-4 inch. 
8,1 53 X 1-4 „ 
Col. Tytler says that be only obtained a distant view of the bird which 
is enumerated in Beavan’s list as M. pyrrhothorax ( = Ad. mongolicm 
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. 1848, p. 38, B. of Aus- 
tralia, YI, 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 IS ; un- 
covered portion of tibia '9 inches. 
Fain. Scolopacidie. 
53. Numenius phieopus, 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. 
t 54. Actitis glaeeola, Gmel. 
f 55. Actitis uypoleucos, Linn. 
One specimen of each of the above. 
Fam. It allii) a;. _ 
56. Eubyzona Canningi, Tytler, Ibis, 1863, 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 in the grass bordering 
cieeks. The specimen was shot near Hopetown. 
Measurement : wing 6 3 ; tail 3 3 ; bill at front LI ; tarsus 2 inches. 
f 57. Ramus steiatus, Linn. ? 
Thls bil ' d dilfers from 11 ■ 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 necli, 
W f .f “ ? rdinar y specimens is continued for some distance along the sides 
ot the bluish grey of the breast. In other respects it corresponds with the 
common Indian bird. Wing 515 ; bill at front 17 ; tarsus L55 inches. 
