(250 ) 

 IT. Motacilla alba. 



ilotaciUa alba Linn. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 25. 

 Common winter visitor. 



IS. Motacilla melanope. 



MoUiaUci mehoiope Pall. ; Sharpe, O'l. B. Brii. .Uiis. x. p. 497 (.1885). 



a. t? imm. Shaik Othman. September 20 th. 



b. Imm. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 8th. 



This is the first time the Grey Wagtail has been recorded, from Southern Arabia. 

 19. Motacilla flava. 



Motacilla flava Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. .Vii.i. x. p. 516. PI. vi. Figs. 3—5 (1885). 

 a—b. ? imm. Lahej. September 4th. 



c. Tix.ad. Habil, Wadi Abrain, N.W. of Lahej. September 14th. 



(l—h. (J $ imm. Shaik Othman. September 17th to 2.Srd. 



(. ? imm. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 7th. 



This is the first record of the Blue-headed Wagtail from South Arabia. 

 20. Motacilla feldeggi. 



Miitacilhi fdileijgi Michah. ; Yerbury, Ibii 1896, p. 25. 

 u. (J ad. Shaik Othman. September 20th. 



21. Anthus trivialis. 



Aiithm trivialis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. x. p. 543 (1885). 

 « — e. (J ad. Shaik Othman. September 17th to 23rd. 

 This is the first time the Tree Pipit has been recorded from Southern Arabia. 

 [Seen only in the irrigated gardens of Shaik Othman, where in company with 

 various Wagtails it was fairly common. — A. B. P.] 



22. Nectarinia metallica. 



Xectarinia iiietoUiua Licht. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 25. 



a—h. 2 ad. et(J? imm. Jebel Manif, N. of Lahej. August 12th. 



(. (J imm. Shaka, N. of Lahej. August 28th. 



Ic. (J vix ad. Haithalhim, N. of Lahej. September 6th. 



I. ? ad. Lahej. September 2nd. 



<J imm. Iris, bill, and legs black. 



? ad. Iris brown ; legs black. (A. B. P.) 



I found this species common in the Goldmohur Valley near Aden, and shot 

 several females. The adult ?nales were very wild and ilifiicult to approach, and the 

 only specimen I succeeded in shooting after a morning's pursuit was lost among the 

 volcanic debris with which the valley is strewn. 



Mr. Percival found this species in all the wadis, especially in the more desolate ; 

 he, too, found the t/iales very wary and difficnlt to secure. 



23. Cinnyris habyssinica. 



Ciimyris huhysnnica (Hempr. & Ehr.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. ix. p. 52 (1884). 

 a. ? ad. Jebel Manif, N. of Lahej. August 13th. 

 6. cJ imm. Ma'ir, Abian Country. October 14th. 



This is the first time this Snubird has been recorded from Southern Arabia. 



