Bell, Harry Charles Purvis: The Máldive Islands: an account of the physical features, climate, history, inhabitants, productions, and trade (1883)

SESSIONAL PAPERS, 1881. 91
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The general nature and extent of Maldivian ornithology may be gathered from the list of birds
—some five and thirty varieties in all—observed by Mr. Allan Hume during his cruise among the
Lakkadives in 1874.—(“ Stray Feathers,” Vol. 4, pp. 460-83.)

Birds.

English.
Classical.
Maidive.
The Common Peregrine
Falco peregrinus, Gmel.
—
The Kestrel
Cerchneis alaudarius, Briss.
—
Cuncuma leucogaster, Gmel.
—
The Indian Pariah Kite
Milvus govinda, Sykes.
—
The Black-winged Kite
Elanus melanopterus, Baud.
—
Indian Koil
Eudynamis honorata,~Li.
Kalu kovili, Didi kovili.
The White-eyed Tit
Zosterops palpebrosus, Tem.
The Common Crow
Corvus splendens, Vieill.
Kaht.
Asiatic Golden Plover
Charadrius fulvus, Gmel.
—
The Large Sand Plover
AEgialitis Geoffroyi, Wagler.
—
The Mongolian Sand Plover...
AEgialitis Mongolicus, Pall.
—
The Kentish Plover
/Egialitis Cantianus, Lath.
—
The Turnstone
Strepsilas interpr.es, L.
Rappa, ratafai.
The Crab Plover
Dromas ardeola, Payk.
Toravd.
The Whimbrel
Numenius pheopus, L.
Bulitibu.
The Eastern Curlew
Numenius lineatus, Cuv.
—
Tringa crassir osiris, Tem. and Schl...
—
The Sanderling
Calidis arenaria, L.
—
The Common Sand-piper
Tringoides hypoleucos, L.
Iloli.
The Green Shank
Totanus canescens, Gmel,
—
The Common Heron
Ardea cinerea. L.
Md-kand.
The Blue Heron
Demiegretta gularis, Bose.
—
The Indian Pond Heron
Ardeola grayi, Sykes
Rdboli.
The Green Bittern
Butorides Javanicus, Horsf.
—
Sterna albigena, Licht.
—
Sternula minuta, L. <8. Sinensis,
Kiri diini, villa.
Gmel.)
—
The Large Crested Tern
Sterna Bergii, Licht.
—
Sterna Bengalensis, Less.
—
The Brown-winged (Panayan)
Tern
Sterna anosthcetus, Scop..
—
The Sooty Tern
Sterna fidiginosa, Gmel.
Vari, vdli.
The Common Noddy
Anous stolidus, L.
Kalu diini, mdragd.
Phaeton cetherius, L. P. Indicus)
—
Sula fiber, L.
—
The Yellow-eyed Gannet
Sula piscatrix, L. <S. Cyanops) ...
Kadu-heda.

For the Maldives the following may be also added, provisionally.

The Common Stilt
Bimantopus candidus, Bonnat.
Kokkagoli.
The Grey Plover
Squatarola Helvetica, L.
Durkin.
The Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia, Pall.
B o du-gau-diini.
The Lesser Crested Tern
Sterna media, Horsf.
Md-kolald.
The Antartic Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus, Less.
Kukulu-ma-diini.
The Indian Whistling Teal ...
Dendrocygna Javanica, Horsf.
Ranvan rera.
The Common Teal
Anas crecca, L.
Ildfati rera.
Spatula clypeata, L.
Kalu rera.
The Large White Egret
Herodius alba, L.
Langand-duni.
The Little Egret
Herodius garzetta, L.
Iruva-hudu.
The Common Night Heron ...
Nycticorax griseus, Li.
Kara-rdboli, kalu-rdboli.
The Brown Gannet
Sula leucogastra, Bodd.
Kanifulu, galahiri.
The Lesser Frigate Bird
Fregata minor, L.
I Md-hora.

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MALDIVES.
Productions and
Manufactures.
Notes.