248 On a small Collection of Birds from Socotra. 



XXII. — On a small Collection of Birds made in Socotra by 

 E. N. Bennett, M.A., Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. 

 By H. B. Tristeam, 



My friend Mr. Bennett has kindly sent me the birds collected 

 by him in Socotra, in which island he travelled, in company 

 with the late Mr. Theodore Bent and Mrs. Bent, from Dec. 

 1896 to Feb. 1897. Though the collection contains no new 

 species, yet there are several which have not hitherto been 

 reported from that island, and which may help to throw 

 light on the question of lines of migration. As Mr. Bennett 

 disclaims being an ornithologist — though I know that from 

 boyhood he has done good field-work, and that to him I am 

 indebted for interesting information respecting u^^gialitis 

 sancta-helencB , which he knows on its native mountain-top — 

 he did not make any special notes on the birds, the expe- 

 dition being for other objects, but simply secured such as he 

 came across. 



I have not been able to find any contribution to our 

 knowledge of the avifauna of Socotra subsequent to those 

 of Professor Bayley Balfour after his visit in 1880, and of 

 Dr. Emil Riebeck in the following year, and Mr. Bennett has 

 added no new Passeres to their list. The following are the 

 species obtained by him. The letters B. and R. after each 

 species signify obtained by Balfour and Biebeck respectively. 



10. Qiierquedula crecca (L.). B. 



11. Chaulelas7nus st repents (L.). 



12. PhcBnicojiterus roseus Pall. 



13. Treron tvaalia (Gm.). B., R. 



14. Turtur semgalensls (L.). B., 

 R. 



15. Cotumix communis Bonn. B. 

 IG. Strepsilas i7iterpres (L.). 



17. Tringoicleshypoleucus(\j.). B., 

 R." 



18. Totanns gkireola (Gtuf.). R. 



19. canesceiis {G\\\.). B. 



20. Calidris arenaria (L.). 



21. GnUinaf/ocoelestis (Fveuz.). B. 



22. Porzana maruetta (Leach). 



23. Gallinula chlorojnis (h.) , R, 



1. Zosterops abyssinica Ileugl. 



B., R. 



2. Saxicola monfa7ia Gld. B. 



3. A^mjdrus hhjthi Scl. B., R. 



4. ■ — - f rater i^d. & Haiti. B., 



R. 



5. Lanius uncinatus Scl. & Hartl. 



B., R. 



6. Passer instilans Scl. & Hartl. 



B. 



7. Ardea, sp. ? Skin not pre- 



served. A. imrpurea was 

 obtained by Riebeck and 

 A. gularis by Balfour. 



8. Neophron percnopterus (L.). 



B. 



9. AnaK boacas h. 



