Aden and the Neighbourhood. 15 



8. Swift. {Cypselus, sp. iuc.) 



Shot near Lahej, March 16th, 1883. Its gizzard was full 

 of golden-green Heteroptera. 



Swifts are seen from time to time in Aden, and are believed 

 to be of the same species. 



9. Goatsucker. {Caprimulgus, sp. inc.) 



A Goatsucker is met with now and again in Aden. It 

 looks like Caprimulgus asiaticus. 



flO. Bee-eater. {Merops cyanoph-ys.) 



Is common inland and visits the tanks occasionally. It is 

 about the size of the Indian M. viridis. 



A larger Bee-eater is to be seen occasionally in Aden ; its 

 note is like that of M. apiaster. It is generally seen in Aden 

 after stormy weather. 



[From Muscat the British Museum has lately received 

 an example of an allied but new species of Bee-eater, which I 

 propose to call M. muscatensis. It has a much smaller bill 

 than M. cyanophrys, and quite a different shade of blue on the 

 eyebrow. — R. B. S.] 



11. Roller. {? Coracias garrula.) 



A Roller is common inland. It is occasionally seen in 

 Aden itself, and is apparently a i-esident. Gold Mohur 

 valley, August 14, 1883; Huswali, August 5, 1883. 



Another Roller was seen at Haith-al-him. It was of a 

 light-blue colour, with elongated tail-feathers, and was pro- 

 bably C. ahyssinica. 



12. Cuckoo. [Coccystes, sp. inc.) 



A Crested Cuckoo was continually seen in Aden from the 

 15th of June to the 22nd of July, 1883, and at Huswah for 

 more than a month afterwards. 



13. Crow-Pheasant. {Centropus, sp. inc.) 



Is to be seen occasionally in thick jungle inland. 



14. SuN-BiRD. {? Nectarinia metallica.) 



Is to be seen at Huswah, Haith-al-him, Lahej, and other 

 places inland. Those seen in the neighbourhood of Lahej in 

 March 1883 had their long tail-feathers. I do not think any 



