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



Barnes, 93, p. 7Q', O.-Grant, 1900, 255; Lorenz & 

 Hellmayr, 1901, p. 241, 1907, p. 114. 



a. ? . Menakha, 7500 ft. 23. xii. 12. 



b,c.S^' Hajeilah, 2080 ft. iii. & iv. 13. 



d,e. (J ? . Sanaa, 7600 ft. ix. 13. 



This species has been met with by Barnes and also by 

 Bury on a previous occasion in the Abian country in Sep- 

 tember and October. It is probably only a bird of passage 

 in southern Arabia. 



(Enanthe lugentoides. 



Saxicula lugentoides Seebohm^ Cat. Bds. B. M. v. 1881, 

 p. 371 : Sennaar. 



O.-Graut, 1900, p. 256 ; Lorentz & Hellmayr, 1901, 

 p. 214, 1907, p. 114. 



a-e. 3 c? , 2 ? . Menakha, 7200 ft. xii. 12. & i. 13. 

 /. ? . Wasil, 4000 ft. 25. ii. 13. 



g. S ■ Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 14. iii. 13. 



" Bill, iris, and feet black. Difficult to approach." 



In addition to the above there is a considerable series of 

 this rare Chat obtained by Bury in various localities iu 

 southern Arabia between the months of August and January. 

 The only other example in the Natural History Museum is 

 one of those collected by M. Botta iu Sennaar in 1839, and 

 mentioned by Seebohm in the original description. 



It seems probable that the biyd breeds in Arabia and is a 

 resident. 



Argya squamiceps yemensis. 



Argya squamiceps yemensis Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. xii. 

 1904, p. 29 : between Shaik Othman and Laliej, Aden 

 Protectorate. 



Yerbury, 96, p. 16,96, p. 23; Barnes, 93, p. 75; Matschie, 

 J. Ornith. 1893, p. 112 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1895, p. 384 ; Hawker, 

 98, p. 375 ; Grant, 1900, p. 256. 



a, 6. c? ? . Hajeilah, 2080 ft. 28. iii. ; 9. iv. 13. 

 c. ?. Sanaa, 7600 ft. 4.ix. 13. 



The resident Babbler of southern Arabia is undoubtedly 



