( 271 ) 

 1T2. Zapornia parva. 



Ziipornid 2)aii'(i (Hcop.) ; Sharps, Cut. fl. Ihit. Miia. xxiii. p. 80(1894). 

 <(—c. (^ ad. et (;J ? imm. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 4th to 6th. 

 Tliis is the first time the Little Crake has been recorded from Southern Arabia. 



173. Crexcrex. 



Crex pmtenxln Bechat. ; Barnes, //«s 1893, p. 172. 



a. (J ad. Shaik Othman. September 17th. 



b. (7 ad. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country, September 5th. 



[Several Landrails were seen in the gardens at Shaik Othman ; those obtained 

 were in very poor condition. Two or three were seen in the Abian Conntr}' near 

 water.— A. B. P.] 



174. Gallinula chloropus. 



GaUinuJa sp. inc. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 3.'5. 

 a — h. cJ ? ^^- Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 9th. 

 Colonel Yerbury observed this species at Haifhalhim to the north of Lahej, 

 but did not procure a specimen. 



[Several seen near Al Khaur. — A. B. P.] 



175. Vinago waalia. 



^'hiago waalia (Gmel.) ; Yerbury, Ihis 1896, p. 29. 

 o— J. cJ ad. Haithalhim, N. of Lahej. September 6th. 

 Iris orange ; bill grey ; legs pale orange. (A. B. P.) 



176. Columba intermedia. 



Columba llvia Yerbury (nee Bonnat.), Ibis 1896, p. 29. 

 a — c. (J 5 ad. Lahej. September 1st to 6th. 

 [Iris brown ; bill black ; legs bright pink. 



The Eastern Rock-Dove is to be seen in large numbers in most of the wadis 

 which have high banks, in the wells, and on the minarets of the mosques. They are 

 usually very tame, and sit about the mouths of the water-worn caves in the clay 

 banks of the wadis. They are most common in the neighbourhood of towns, where 

 they seem to be semi-domesticated. — A. B. P.] 



177. Turtur turtur. 



Tiirlur turtur (Linn.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mun. %xi. p. 396 (1893). 

 a. Juv. Lahej. August 20th. 

 This is the first record of this species from Southern Arabia. The skin is that 

 of a very young bird, only just able to fly, and the species mnst consequently breed 

 in the neighbourhood of Lahej. 



178. Turtur senegalensis. 



Turtur smegaJmsis (Linn.) ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 30. 

 (/. (J ad. Shaka, N. of Lahej. August .30th. 

 h. ? ad. Wadi Bana, Abian Country. September 29th. 



