140 Mr. W. L. Sclater on [Ibis, 



Yamen is not fanatical, it is this dual control tliat con- 

 stitutes the real difficulty. 



Unceasing Angilance and tact is, of course, required of 

 anyone working among Moslem tribes until he can win 

 their confidence and esteem, but to have to deal with the 

 constant suspicion and intrigues o£ two antagonistic adminis- 

 trations calls for diplomacy as well, and may, at any 

 moment, render further i^esearch impossible for reasons 

 beyond the investigator's control. 



List of localities at ivhich collections were made. 



Menakha, 7500 ft., from 18 Dec. 1912 to 1 Feb. 1913. 



Wasil, 4200 ft., „ 18 Feb.' 1913,, 6Mch.l913. 



Hajeilah, 2080 ft., „ 10 Mcli. 1913 „ 17 Apl. 1913. 



Sok-al-Khamis, 7300 f t., „ 11 July 1913 „ 15 Aug. 1913. 

 Sanaa, 7G00 ft., „ 20 Aug. 1913 „ 19 Sept. 1913. 



Hodeida, sea-level, „ G Oct. 1913 „ 13 Oct. 1913. 



List of Species. 



Cinnyricinclus leucogaster. 



Turdus leucoyaster Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 1789, p. 819 : 

 Whydah, West Africa. 



a-c. c? ? [ ? ]. llajeilah, 2080 ft. 2-1 7. iv. 13. 



"Another dashing denizen of tall timber is the Glossy 

 Starling, with his roving yellow-ringed eye, his plum- 

 coloured suit, and his smart white waistcoat." 



This Starling has not previously been recorded from 

 southern Arabia, but there are five examples obtained on 

 a former occasion by Mr. Bury in the Aden Protectorate, 

 viz.: — 2 c?, El Kubar, Amiri dist., 2 & 5. v. ; ?, Azraki 

 ravine, 13. v. ; ?, El Haut, 16. v.; and ?, Ichaf, Amiri 

 dist., 4. X. It is doubtless a resident. 



It has a wide distribution from southern Arabia to 

 western Africa and south to Nandi in British East Africa. 



Hagiopsar tristrami hadramanticus. 



Pilorhinus hadramauticus Lorenz u. Hellmayr, Orn. 

 Monatsb. ix. 1901, p. 30; Yeshbum, S. Arabia. 



