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 46. Erithacus golzii. 



Erithacus golzii (Cab.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mm. v. p. 297 (1881). 

 (I. ? ad. Lahej. September 14th. 



''— /• <? ? ad. Shaik Othman. September 17th-2Ctb. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs earthy brown. [A. B. P.] 



The occurrence of this Nightingale in Southern Arabia is extremely interesting, 

 as hitherto it was only known from We.stern Persia, Turkestan and the Caucasus. 

 Its winter quarters were unknown. 



47. Burnesia gracilis. 



Buriiesia gracilis (Cretzschm.) ; Yerbury, Ibi.i 1896, p. 25 ; Hawker,/4is 1898, p. 375. 



((. cJ ad. Shaka, N. of Lahej. August 13th. 



i— /. (J ? ad. Lahej. August 22nd to September 14th. 



g. (J ad. Shaik Othman. September 2Cth. 



Iris orange (yellowish in the female) ; bill dark grey ; legs flesh-colonr. (A. B. P.) 

 48. Prinia sp. inc. 



Prinia sp. inc. ; Barnes, Ihis 1893, p. 78 ; Yerbury, Ihis 1896, p. 25. 



Colonel Yerbury writes : — "A nest of a species of Prinia was found at Shaik 

 Othman on February 24th, 1895, containing four brick-red eggs." 



It seems to me possible that the eggs found may have been those of Burnesia 

 gracilis, a very common species in that neighbourhood. 



49. Cisticola cisticola. 



Cisticola cisticola (Temm.) ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 25. 

 « — e. cJ 9 ad. Lahej. August 23rd to September 2nd. 



[Iris pale yellow ; bill flesh-colour, brownish towards the tip; legs flesh-colour. 

 Common among low bushes, particularly between Shaik Othman and Lahej. 

 A. B. P.] 



50. Saxicola cenanthe. 



Saxicola lenanthe Linn.; Barnes, /6/.< 1893, p. 76; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p 24. 

 (I (J imm. Shaka, north of Lahej. August 31st. 

 h. (J imm. Shaik Othman. September 21st. 



Iris, bill and legs black. (A. B. P.). 



51. Saxicola deserti. 



Saxicola deserti Temm. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 24. 

 Saxicola stapazina Yerbury ; (nee VieiU.) ; Ibis 1886, p. 17 ; Barnes, Ibis 1893, p. 76. 

 a. (J ad. Lahej. September 6th. 

 b—c. (J ad. Habil, Wadi Abrain, N.W. of Lahej. September 12th. 



52. Saxicola isabelliua. 



Saxicola isabelliua (Cretzschm.) ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 24. 

 «. (?) (J ad. Huswa, Bay of Aden. September 2i)th. 

 b—(l J ad. Shaik Othman. September 25th. 



e. (?) ^ ad. HabU, Wadi Abrain, N.W. of Lahej. September 13th. 



[This and the two preceding species of Chat were obtained on the cultivated 

 land round Shaik Othman and Lahej, and were very seldom seen near open 

 desert.— A. B. P.] 



