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 "7. Lophoceros nasutus. 



Lophoceros nasutus (Linn.') ; Grant, Oil. B. Brit. Mm: xvii. p. 40G (1892). 

 ((. (J ad. Jebel Manif, N. of Lahej. August 13th. 



b—c. (J ad. et imm. Wadi Bana, Abian Country. September 29th. 



d — e. ? ad. et (J imm. AI Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 2nd. 



(? Iris orange ; bill black ami white ; legs black. (A. B. P.) 

 The occurrence of this little Hornbill in Southern Arabia will no doubt surprise 

 many ornithologists, but it must not be forgotten that the tii-])e of Buceros forslialii 

 (which is synonymous with L. nasutus) was described by Hemprich and Ehrenberg 

 from that country. In the Catalogue of Birds (juoted above, S. Arabia has been 

 accidentally omitted in giving the geographical range of the species. 



[The Hornbill was first seen near Jebel Manif, but there it was not common, 

 and very difficult to shoot. In the Abian Country, jiarticularly near Al Khaur, 

 it was seen feeding in hundreds on a yellow fruit which was common along the 

 irrigation canal. Almost all the birds seen were black-billed males, and only one 

 female was obtained. — A. B. P.] 



78. Halcyon semicaerulea. 



Halcyon semicarulea (Forsk.; ; Yerbury, /i/s 189('>, p. 20. 

 a — n. cJ ? ad. et imm. Lahej. August 11th and September 14th. 

 0—^. ? ad. et imm. Al ililah, N. of Lahej. August 14th to 16th. 



'I — "• I? *<^- ^' imm. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 3rd. 



Iris brown ; bill scarlet-vermilion ; legs vermilion. (A. B. P.) 

 The above series illustrates fully the interesting changes of plumage which 

 intervene between the young bird and the fully adult. Birds in the first jilumage 

 are easily distinguished by the short blackish bill, pale buflF chest with the feathers 

 fringed with blackish ; by the white breast and belly ; and by having the outer webs 

 of the qnills greenish blue instead of deep cobalt. Besides these, there are several 

 birds in intermediate stages, with the bill scarlet as in the adult. Of these : (a) has 

 the breast and belly nearly jjure white, only one pale chestnut feather having made 

 its appearance ; (b) has several chestnut feathers ; and (c) has a patch of deep 

 chestnut feathers on each side of the breast. 



[Common in the palm-groves round Lahej, but we did not meet with many 

 elsewhere. — A. B. P.] 



79. Coracias garrulus. 



Coracias yarnda Linn. ; Yerbury, Ihi.i 1896, p. 19. 

 (1. c^ imm. Shaik Othman. September 25th. 

 h. J ^"3. Wadi Bana, Abian Country. September 29th. 



80. Coracias abyssinicus. 



Oiracias ubi/ssinicus Bodd ; Yerbury, Ihis 1886, p. 16 ; Barnes, Ihis 1893, p. 72 ; Yerbury, Ibis 

 1896, p. 20. 



No example of this bird was obtained. 



81. Carine sp. inc. 



Cariiie sp. inc. i Barnes, Jhi.s 1893, p. 68 : Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 17. 

 The species still remains doubtful. Mr. Percival shot an example while returning 

 from the disastrous triji to the Abian Country, but was too ill to preserve it. 



