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Oceanites ocea.n.u.s, Kuht(?) A.
Ardea manillensis, Sharpe A. N.
Herodias intermedia, Wagl. A. N.
H. gazetta, Linn. A. (N.?) Bubulcus coromandus, Bodd. A.
Lepterodius sacer, Gm. A. N.
Ardeola grayi, Sykes A.
A. bacchus, Bonap. A.
Buteroides javanica, Horsf. A. N.
Nycticorax griseus, Linn. N.
Goisakius melanolophus, Raffl. N.
Ardetta sinensis, Gm. A. N.
A. cinnamomea, Gm. A. N.
Dendrocygna javanica, Horsf. A. N.
Nettopus coromandelia.n.u.s, Gm A.
Nettium crecca, Linn. A. N.
N. albigulare, Hume A.
The following new additions should now be made to the above to complete the known list of Andaman and Nicobar avifauna:--
Zosterops sp. Kar Nicobar.
Sturnia sp. Kachal, Nicobars.
Rhinomyias sp. Great and Little Nicobar.
Arachnechthra sp. Nicobars.
Pitta sp. Great and Little Nicobar.
Ninox sp. Little Nicobar.
Spilornis sp. Great Nicobar.
Astur sp. Kachal, Nicobars.
Osmotreron sp. South Andaman.
Excalfactoria sp. Trinkat, Nicobars.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
AVERAGE WIND AND WEATHER IN THE ANDAMANS
October Variable wind and weather; water-spouts.
November The first half of the month the same as October, afterwards N.E. monsoon and little rain. A cyclone is almost certain to occur in November.
December Fresh N.E. monsoon; fairly cool.
January Cool and pleasant; N.E. winds; nights sometimes foggy.
February Cool and pleasant; very clear; light airs.
March Hot by day, cool nights, light airs; occasional haze.
April Very hot; calm and hazy.
May S.W. monsoon sets in about the 15th.
June S.W. monsoon; cool, squally.
July } } Do. do. do.
August }
September Rain every day, S.W. winds.
--_Bay of Bengal Pilot_, 1892.
APPENDIX B
PRINc.i.p.aL FOREST TREES OF THE ANDAMANS
DILLENIACEae-- Dillenia aurea, _Sm._ D. parviflora, _Griff._ D. pentagyna, _R._
ANONACEae-- Polyalthia Jenkinsii, _Bth._ P. macrophylla, _H.f._ Alfonsea ventricosa, _H.f._
POLYGALEae-- Xanthophyllum glauc.u.m, _Wall._
HYPERICINEae-- Cratoxylum formosum, _Bth. & H.f._
GUTTIFERae-- Garcinia speciosa, _Wall._ G. Cowa, _R._ G. xanthochymus, _Hk. f._ Calophyllum spectabile, _Willd._ C. inophyllum, _L._ Mesua ferrea, _L._
DIPTEROCARPEae-- Dipterocarpus turbinatus, _Gaertn._ D. pilosus, _R._ D. alatus, _R._ D. Griffithii, _Miq._
MALVACEae-- Bombax malabaric.u.m, _D. C._ B. insigne, _Wall._ Eriodendron anfractuosum, _D. C._
STERCULIACEae-- Sterculia foetida, _L._ S. villosa, _R._ S. parviflora, _R._ S. colorata, _R._ S. alata, _R._ S. campanulata, _Wall._ Heritiera littoralis, _Dry._ H. Fomes, _Buch._ Buettneria aspera, _Col._
TILIACEae-- Elaeocarpus Helferi, _Kz._
RUTACEae-- Murraya exotica, _L._ Aegle Marmelos, _Cor._
OCHNACEae-- Ochna Wallichii, _Pl._
BURSERACEae-- Garuga pinnata, _R._ Canarium euphyllum, _Kz._ C. coccineo-bracteatum, _Kz._
