20 Lieut. -Col. J. W. Yerhmj— Fur thci' Notes 



27. CoRACiAs ABYssiNiCA, Bodd. ; Barnes, Ibis, 1898, p. 72. 

 Tlie only occasion that I met with a Long-tailed Roller 



was at Haithalhim on the 20th of March 1883. 



28. Upupaepops, Linn.; Yerbury,Ibis,1886,p.l6; Barnes, 

 Ibis, 1893, p. 73. 



The Hooi^oe is a regular cold-weather visitant. 



29. Halcyon semicerulea (Forsk.) ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 72. 



I met with this bird twice during my recent visit, the first 

 occasion being at the tanks on the 4th of April, 1895, and 

 the second at Gold-Mohur Valley on the 18th of April. I 

 saw the skin of" a third specimen in the possession of Capt. 

 Nurse, but took no note of date of capture. 



30. CucuLUs CANORus, Liuu. ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 72. 

 Recorded by Mr. Barnes. 



31. CoccYSTEs jAcoBiNus (Bodd.) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 217 (1891). 



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

 Ibis, 1893, p. 73. 



I met with a pair of this bird on my way back to Shaik 

 Othman among the baubul-trees beyond the edge of the 

 cultivation of the Lahej oasis. Unfortunately I had knocked 

 off the hammer of the right barrel of my gun just bePore I 

 saw the birds, so, after a snap-shot at one of them through 

 the trees, I was placed hors-de-combat. A specimen procured 

 at Shaik Othman on the 31st of March is in Capt. Nnrse^s 

 collection. 



32. Centropus superciliosus (Hempr. & Ehr.) ; Shelley, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 363 (1891). 



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

 Ibis, 1893, p. 73. 



This bird^s booming note is often to be heard round Lahej, 

 and, in spite of its skulking habits, it was not unfrequently 

 seen in March. The Arabs of that district call it ^' Hood- 

 Hood,^' but Capt. Nurse informs me that " Hud-Hud " is 



