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



all the other examples of the Sprosser in the collection of 

 the Museum. 



As far as the dimensions are concerned and the propor- 

 tionate length of the primaries, it resembles the Sprosser. 



The Sprosser has not hitherto been recorded from southern 

 Arabia, though there are examples from Fao in the Persian 

 Gulf and from British East Africa in the British Museum. 



I hesitate to describe this bird as a uew form, as there is 

 only one example, and the material for comparison in the 

 Museum is very scanty. It is obviously a very freshly- 

 moulted example, and to this its peculiarities are vevy likely 

 due. 



Luscinia golzii. 



Lusciola yolzii Cabanis, Journ. Orn. 1873, p. 79 : Turk- 

 estan. 



O.-Grant, 1900, p. 255. 



a. ? . Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 5.iv. 13. 



b. S . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 3. ix. 13. 



" Length in flesh, c? 191, ? 187 mm. ; ? . Bill and feet 

 black; ?. Loaded with fat. Stomach contained remains 

 of insects/* 



The Persian Nightingale had already been obtained by 

 Bury in the Amiri district in September. Its winter 

 quarters had been previously unknown. 



Cercotrichas melanoptera. 



Sphenura erythroptera var. melanoptera Hemprich & Ehren- 

 berg, Symb. Phys. 1832, ff, dd. : Arabia. 



Yerbury, 86, p. 16, 96, p. 23; Barnes, 93, p. 75; O.-Grant, 

 1900, p. 256. 



a-c. 1 c? , 2 ? . Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 15-27. iii. 13. 



This species appears to be confined to southern Arabia, 

 where it is probably a resident. There is a good series in 

 the British Museum from Laliej. Yerbury found a nest in 

 April at Shaik Othman. It is distinguished from the African 

 species by the absence of the chestnut wing-lining, though 

 curiously enough there are two examples, one in the prei^ent 

 collection, indistinguishable from the African bird. 



