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 24. Cinnyris osea. 



Ciumjris osea Bonap. ; Gadow, Cut. B. Brii. .Vii.t. ix. p. 53 (1884). 

 a. (J ad. JIa'ir, Abian Country. October l'2th. 



This is tlie first time this Sunbird has been recorded from Southern Arabia. 

 The sjjecies was hitherto only known to occnr in Palestine, so the above specimen 

 indicates a considerable extension of its range. 



[This Sunbird was not uncommon at Wadi Yeramis in the Abian Country. 

 It was extremely wary, and I only succeeded in obtaining one. — A. B. P.] 



25. Telephonus percivali. 



Telei>hoims perciciU Grant ; Bull. B. O. C. Ixix. p. 1 (1900). 

 5. (;J ad. Al Milah, N. of Lahcj. August IGth. (Type of the s^iecies.) 

 Adult male. — Allied to T. Uanfordi Sharpe, but somewhat smaller, the bill 

 especially being less stout ; the foreneck, chest, and rest of the nnderparts much 

 greyer, and the rufescent margin to the inner webs of the quills, so conspicuous in 

 T. blanfordi, barely indicated. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs grey. 



Total length 7-.3 in. ; culmen 0-88 ; wing 3-0 ; tail 3-4 ; tarsus 1-2. 



26. Lauius fallax. 



Laidusfallax Finsch. ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mm. viii. p. 247. PI. viii. (1883^. 



Laniiis sp. inc. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1886, p. 16. 



Laniun lahlora ; Yerbury (nee .Sykes), Ibis 1896, p. 21 ; Hawker, Ibis 1898, p. 374. 



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



6. $ ad. Al Milah, N. of Lahej. August 16th. 



f— / jj 5 ad. et imm. Shaik Othman. September 20th to iSth. 



Iris black ; bill and legs grey. (A. B. P.) 



There can be no doubt that this species has been wrongly identified in all the 

 previous lists of South Arabia, for the specimens procured by Colonel Yerbm-y, Captain 

 Nurse, and Mr. Hawker, all belong to L.fallaj:. The black secondaries tipped with 

 white distinguish this species at a glance from L. laldom, which has the inner 

 secondaries largely mixed with white. 



[Common near Lahej and Shaik Othman, but rarely seen in the Abian Country. 

 —A. B. P.] 



27. Lanius nubicus. 



Lanius nnhicus Licht ; Yerbury, 7//'-i 1896, p. 21. 

 a—c. ? ad. et ^ imm. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country, October 3rd to 9th. 

 Colonel Yerbury obtained a specimen of this Shrike at Lahej in January 1885. 

 It appears to be an uncommon species in this locality, and was not obtained by 

 Messrs. Percival and Dodson. 



2^5. Lanius isabellinus. 



Lanius isabellinus Hempr. & Ehr. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 21. 



(?) L. speculigems Tacz ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 279 (1883). 



I shot a fully adult male («) in the neighbourhood of Shaik Othman, which 

 exactly agrees with the description of typical A. upeculigerus Tacz. (4). A some- 

 what younger bird, possibly a female (but the sex has not been determined), was 



