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Letters, Announcements, tyc. 
P. magnirostris, Blyth, is the bird, I believe, hitherto 
procured from the Andamans. Will Lord Walden kindly 
inform us, with the points of difference I have noted before 
him, whether he still considers the birds procured by Lieut. 
Ramsay to be P. borealis ? 
Anthus cervinus (Pallas), p. 141. 
I am surprised that the axillaries should be white. Our 
Indian Anthus rosaceus, Hodgson, whicli I take to be Anthus 
cervinus, Pallas, as a rule, has the axillaries strongly tinged 
with sulphur-yellow. I must say I should much like to see 
one of these Andamanese Pipits. I have failed to obtain the 
loan of one from Mr. Hume, who informs me he has a distinct 
Andamanese Pipit; but until I see it myself I shall not be 
convinced. 
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CORYDALLA STRIOLATA (Blyth), p. 140. 
Lord Walden says he is “ disposed to doubt the propriety 
of separating this form from C. rufula 33 I have large series 
of each, and know them well in life. A small C. striolata 
much resembles a good-sized C. rufula; but I can, I think, 
always distinguish them. 
1. C. rufula has, as a rule, a proportionally longer hind 
claw and a larger bill. 
2. The two voices are utterly different. 
3. C. striolata is a migrant, appearing very numerously in 
the plains of India in September; but C. rufula is non-migra- 
tory, and breeds over India generally. 
Lord Walden may rest assured that there are no two 
species more distinct than these two Pipits. Perhaps the 
Andaman birds are C. rufula, and have been misnamed 
“ C. striolata; 33 I should much like to see one. Even if 
there were absolutely no visible difference, the utterly differ¬ 
ent notes and habits must not be lost sight of. C. richardi, 
C. striolata, C. rufula, and Anthus campestris can all be recog¬ 
nized with one^s eyes shut, merely by hearing them, and this 
with the greatest certainty. 
W r e must not suppress a good species, if it can be avoided. 
