20 Major J. W. Yerbury on the Birds of 



six to twelve individuals, and are very strong on the wing, 

 carrying away a lot of shot. A female killed on the 22nd of 

 March, 1883, had her ovaries very large, and this is evidently 

 the breeding-season. One was shot near Zaidah on the 30th 

 December, 1 884. Hume, in the ' Game Birds of India,' 

 says that C. chiikar is found near Aden, but I have never 

 seen it. It is probably met with in the hills beyond Zaidah, 

 a point I have never reached. 



44. Common Quail. {Coturnix daciylisonans.) 

 The Common Quail is a regular cold-weather visitant, 

 I fancy from October to May. Numbers are brought 

 into the Aden market at times from the interior. It is not 

 uncommon even in Aden itself. 



t45. Bustard. (Eupodotis arabs.) 



The " Balawan " of the Arabs is fairly common round 

 Lahej. I shot one at Haithal-him on the 19th of March, 

 1883. This skin was sent to Mr. Hume. Again I obtained 

 some near Lahej in December 1884 and January 1885. The 

 gizzard of these last specimens contained fragments of 

 locusts, small ground-beetles, and ripe jowari seeds {Sorghum 

 vulgar e). The ovaries of all the females were very small. It 

 is a resident species. 



A Houbara and a smaller Bustard (? Otis melanog aster) are, 

 I believe, also occasionally found in the neighbourhood. 



46. Golden Plover. [Charadrius pluvialis.) 



A Golden Plover is an occasional cold-weather visitant. 



47. Thicknee. (? (Edicnemus scolopax.) 



The Stone-Plover is common in the neighbourhood during 

 the cold weather. It is often seen in Aden itself. 



48. Turnstone. {Strcpsilas interpres.) 



A regular cold- weather visitant. A male, shot on the 18th 

 of May, i883, was assuming its summer plumage. 



49. Crab-Plover. [Dramas ardeoJu.) 



A regular visitant during the cold weather. 



