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



Gallinago media. 



Scolopax media Latham^ Gen. Synops. Suppl. i. 1787, 

 p. 292 : England. 



a. c? . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 5.ix. 13, 



The Great Snipe does not appear to have been previously 

 recoi'ded from Arabia. It probably only passes through on 

 migration. It is possible that the Snipe shot by Barnes and 

 Yerbury should have been referred to this species. They 

 are recorded as the Common Snipe. 



Phalaropus lobatus. 



Tringa lobata Linnseus^ Syst, Nat. 1758, p. 148: Hudson 

 Bay. 



a. ? . Sanaa, 7600 ft. 6.ix. 13. 



"Bill black, feet ashy black.'' 



It is very remarkable to find the Red-necked Phalarope 

 occurring at Sanaa at an elevation of over 7000 ft. Accord- 

 ing to Blanford its principal winter abode in the eastern 

 hemisphere is on the coasts of Arabia, Baluchistan, and 

 Sind, but I have not found a previous record of its 

 occurrence in south-western Arabia. Possibly its migration 

 route runs along the mountain-range. The single example 

 is without any trace of the red patches on the throat, and is 

 in winter plumage. 



Glareola pratincola limbata. 



Glareola limbata Eiippell, Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 113, 

 pi. 43 : Djetta ( = Jiddah), Arabia. 



a-c. S juv., 2 ? juv. Sanaa, 7600 ft. 13. ix.l3. 



All three of these examples are quite young birds, with 

 the brown backs mottled with white and white below with a 

 dusky band across the chest. 



There can be no doubt that there are several distinct sub- 

 species of G.pj-atincola, but it is impossible with only young 

 birds to state with certainty to which race these should be 

 referred. There is a young bii*d in the British Museum 

 which matches the Sanaa birds very well. It is labelled 

 Djetta, and is said to be a co-type of RUppell's G, limbata. 



