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Birds from the Andaman Islands. 
olive parts of the upper plumage being darker, and the chest¬ 
nut of the head and nape of a deeper shade, almost brown on 
the crown. It may be that they belong to true H. striata ; 
but if it should prove otherwise, I propose for this Andaman 
race the title of H. ferrea. 
94. Erythra phcenicura (Forster), Zool. Ind. p. 19, pi. 9, 
“Ceylon" (1781). 
“S. Andaman : March 10, April 4, 2 , iris reddish brown, 
legs greenish yellow, bill pale green, red at base of upper 
mandible; May 7, 2 ” 
95. Totanus calidris (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 252. no. 19 (1766). 
“ S. Andaman : Eeb. 20, $, iris brown, legs and feet dull 
orange red, base of lower mandible red.” 
“Port Blair, South Andaman: May 31, July 12.” ( Wim - 
berley ). 
96. Tringa subarquata (Giildenst.), Nov. Com. Petr. xix. 
p. 471, pi. 13 (1775). 
“ S. Andaman : March 22, S, legs and feet greenish black.” 
97. Tringa crassirostris, Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves , 
p. 107, pi. 64, “Japan, Java, Borneo” (1846). 
Schceniclus magnus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 39, “Aus¬ 
tralia;” Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 33. 
Tringa magna (Gould), Bp. C. It. xliii. p. 596.no. 211 (1856). 
Tringa tenuirostris (Horsf.), Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 315. 
no. 298; op. cit. 1871, p. 408. n. 560. 
Tringa tenuirostris (Horsf.), Gould, Handbook B. of Aus¬ 
tralia, ii. p. 260, sp. 520 (1865); G. It. Gray, Handbook, iii. 
p. 49. no. 10302 (1871), 
“ S. Andaman : March 14, 2 , iris dark brown, bill black, 
legs greenish brown.” 
Both Professor Schlegel (M. Pays-Bas, Scolopaces , p. 28) 
and Mr. Harting (in epist.) are of opinion that Totanus tenui¬ 
rostris , Horsf. Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 192, “Java,” refers to Tota¬ 
nus stagnatilis, Bechstein, and not to this bird. Mr. Harting 
most justly observes that Horsfield (l. c.), having classed the 
Javan bird under the genus Totanus , would never have used 
