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 07. Cuculus cauorus. 



Ciicidus caiionts Linn. ; Barne.s, Ibis ISM, p. 72. 



«. ? vix ad. [wing 83 in.]. Habil, Wadi Abrain, X.W. of Lahej. September 12th. 



b. [?] ad. [wing 7-8. in.] Labej. September 5th. 



c—c. (J $ imm. [wing 8-0— 8-2 in.]. Shaik Othman. September 15th to 24th. 



Specimen b of the above list appear.s to be a very old/emale ; the foreneck and 

 chest are iiearlj' nuiform dull rufous, the latter with a few very narrow dark bars ; 

 a wide collar of feathers surronudiiig the back of the neck is barred with the same 

 rufous colour, and the black bars across the feathers of the breast and sides are 

 very narrow. 



Specimen « is altogether a younger bird, with the foreneck and chest marked 

 with buff and rather widely barred with black ; as in specimeu l>, there is a wide 

 collar of rufous barred feathers round the back of the neck. 



The first record of the occurrence of this species at Aden is found in Mr. Barnes' 

 paper ; subsequently, in November 1808, I shot an immature bird near Shaik 

 Othman. 



08. Centropus superciliosus. 



Cenirojms supercilwstis (H. & E.) ; Yerbury, Ibis 1896, p. 20. 

 — h. (J ? imm. Lahej. August 20th to September 14th. 

 c — d. 5 ad. Al Khaur, Wadi Hassan, Abian Country. October 8th. 



[ 6 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs slate. 



? Iris pale yellow ; bill black, grey at gape ; legs bluish grey. 

 Not uncommon, but difficult to see or shoot ; it was very noisy at night and in 

 the early morning. — A. B. P.] 



09. Cypselus melba. 



Cypselus melba (Linn.) ; Yerbury, Ibis 18913, p. 17. 



7(1. Cypselus affinis. 



Ci/pselus affinis Hardw. ; Yerbury, Ibis 1890, p. 18 

 a. Ad. Ma'ir, Abian Country. October 14th. 



[Very common near Ma'ir and in the hills around. — A. B. P.] 

 71. Caprimulgus nubicus. 



Caprimxilgus nubicus Licht. ; Yerbury, Ibis 189(5, p. 18. 

 a — c. (J ad. Wadi, near Lahej. August 22nd to 24th. 



d—f. J ad. et imm. Shaik Othman. September 23rd to 24th. 



Iris black ; bill flesh-colour, black at tip ; legs bluish pink. (A. B. P.) 

 As all the adult birds are sexed male, there is no further evidence as to whether 

 t\iefeinale differs in plumage or not. 



[Most of the Nightjars were found in the wadis, and were usually jmt up when 

 we were walking or riding through ; they were fairly numerous ; a few were seen 

 at Shaik Othman, hawking round the outside tif the gardens. — A. B. P.] 



