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Tliis is the Krst time the Marsh Harrier has been met with in Arabia. 

 The iiuiuiiitinv exaiujile proi'ured was the only one met with during Messrs. 

 Percival and Dodsou'.s stay in ^Southern Arabia. 



100. Vultur monachus. 



Viiltiir monachui', Linn. ; Yerbury, Ihis 1891), p. 14. 



One captnred at Aden is living at tlie present time in the Zoological Society's 

 Gardens. 



mi. Neophron percnopterus. 



Neophron pirritopt^rus (Linn.) ; Yerbury, Ibis 189t>, p. 14. 

 «. Imm. Lahej. September 5th. 



102. Pelecanus onocrotalus. 



Pelecaiius onocrotalus Linn. ; Barne.s, Ibis 1893, p. 179 ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 40. 



103. Phalacrocorax nigrogularis. 



Plialacromrux sp. incert. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1886, p. 24 ; Barnes, Jbis 1893, p. 179; 



Yerbury, Jbis 1896, p. 39. 

 PliaUicrocomx nigrogularis Grant & Forbes, Bull. Liverp. Mas. ii. p. 3 (1899). 



I did not meet with this species during either of our visits to Aileu, but there 

 can be little doubt tliat the bird recorded by both Colonel Yerbury and the late Mr. 

 Barnes belongs to the same species as that met with by Dr. Forbes and myself off 

 Cape Guardafui and off the coast of the islands of Abd-el-knri and Sokotra. The 

 black birds are the adults, and the brown, birds in the second year. 



1U4. Sula sula. 



Sula fiber (G. R. Gray) ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 40. 



lu.5. Phaethon indicus. 



Phaeton indicus Hume ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 40. 



106. Anas boscas. 



Anas boscas Linn. ; Barnes, Ibis 1893, p. 174. 



Mr. Barnes records the Mallard as having been seen near Huswa. 



lt)7. Dafila acuta. 



Dafila acutij (Linn.) ; Hawker, Iljis 1898, p. 376. 



108. Nettion crecca. 



Querqiiedula crecca (Linn.) ; Yerbury, Ibis IK'JO, p. 39. 



lO'J. Querquedula circia. 



Qiiiri/ufrlulii. ciir.iu (Linn.) ; Barne.s, Ibis 1893, p. 174. 

 «. ? ad. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 7th. 



[Two pairs of the Garganey Teal were seen near Al Khaur. — A. B. P.] 



