on the Birds of Aden. 17 



with Guerin's type it will be impossible to decide tlic ques- 

 tion, for his description might be made to fit a dozen species 

 of Owl. The figure given in the 'Atlas/ pi. iii., certainly 

 looks like B. milesi, but is so bad that nothing can be made 

 of it. The description may answer for Asio butlcr't of Hume, 

 and I think that this is the bird which Heuglin refers to as 

 Otus abyssinicus." 



16. Carine, sp. inc., Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, p. 14 ; Barnes, 

 Ibis, 1893, p. 68. 



I did not meet with this Owlet during my recent trip. 

 When camped at Haithalhim, at the end of March, Owlets 

 were to be heard nightly, but the light was too bad to admit 

 of a specimen being shot. 



17. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 ii. p. 324. 



A specimen of the Short-eared Owl has been obtained by 

 Mr. Chevallier. 



18. Scops giu (Scop.) ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 68. 

 Recorded by Mr. Barnes. 



19. Strix flammea, Linn.; Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, p. 14; 

 Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 68. 



I saw the Barn-Owl several times when camped at Haith- 

 alhim. A specimen killed on the 16th of March, 1895, was 

 shot by mistake under the impression that it was of another 

 species, and the skin was made into a screen. The Owls 

 reputed to inhabit the neighbourhood of the houses of the 

 Agents of the P. & O. and M. M. Companies are probably 

 of this species. 



HI. PICARI^. 



20. Cypselus melba (Linn.). 



Micropus melba, Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 438 

 (1892). 



Cypselus, sp. inc., Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, p. 15; Barnes, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 69. 



The Swifts obtained by me at Lahej in March 1883 are 

 entered in the British Museum Catalogue as of this species. 



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