on the Birds of Aden. 23 



43. Cercotrichas melanoptera (Hempr. & Elir.) ; Yer- 

 buiy, Ibis, 1880, p. 16; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 75. 



a. Labej, March 1895. 



A common bird inland. I found a nest of it at Shaik 

 Othman on the 7th of April, 1895. It was placed between 

 three almost vertical leaves of a young date-palm (which 

 caused the nest to assume a peculiar triangular appearance 

 on its outer margin) at about two feet from the ground. The 

 nest contained two eggs of a pale greenish ground-colour, 

 dotted with green-brown. The eggs were taken, as a week 

 at least would have had to elapse before another visit could 

 be paid to the nest. Probably, therefore, the full clutch of 

 eggs was not laid. 



44. Argya squamiceps (Cretzschm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. vii. p. 395 (1883). 



Argya, sp. inc., Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, p. 16 ; Barnes, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 7o. 



A common bird inland. Oates^s description of the habits 

 of A. earlii (Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 106) exactly applies 

 to this species also. 



45. Pycnonotus arsinoe (Hempr. &Ehr.) ; Yerbury, Ibis, 

 1886, p. 17 ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 74. 



This is a common and permanent resident. 



46. Pycnonotus xanthopygius (Hempr. & Ehr.) ; Barnes, 

 Ibis, 1893, p. 75. 



a. Lahej, March 1895. 



b. Aden. In the collection of Capt. Nurse. 



This is another common permanent resident. A nest was 

 found near the reservoir, in the Isthmus position, containing 

 three hard-set eggs, and one of the parent birds was shot, as 

 above noted. Although I kept a look-out for the large 

 Bulbul previously referred to by Mr. Barnes and myself, I 

 failed to meet with it during my recent visit. 



47. Oriolus galbula, Linn. ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 7Q. 

 An occasional cold-weather visitor. 



