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Lahej have sadly diminished siuce 1885. During the month 

 I spent out there in 1895 I only saw the bird twice. 



88. HouBARA MACQUEENi (J. E, Gray) ; Barnes, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 168; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x.Kiii. p. 318 

 (1894). 



Though I have never seen a specimen from the neigh- 

 bourhood, still I have no doubt of its existence there. I 

 believe, too, that a small Bustard is to be found in the 

 vicinity of Bir Ahmed and Huswah. 



IX. FULICARItE. 



89. Rallus aquaticus, Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. p. 20 (1891). 



I flushed two Water-Rails in the stream at Haithalhim on 

 the 24th of March. I got the gun and tried to put them up 

 again, but. did not succeed, as might have been expected, the 

 reeds being 12 or 14 feet high. They looked exactly like the 

 European Water-Rail. 



90. Gallinula, sp. inc. 



I saw a Waterhen swimming about in a pool in the river 

 near Haithalhim on the 23rd of March. It looked like the 

 English Moorhen. 



91. Crex pratensis, Bechst, ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 172. 

 Found by Barnes at Aden. 



X. LIMICOL.E. 



92. CuRSORius, sp. inc. 



The exact species of the Courser found at Aden still 

 remains a mystery, 



93. Squatarola helvetica (Linn.) ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 169. 



A cold-season visitor. 



94. Charadrius pluvialis, Linn, ; Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 20; Barnes, Ibis. 1893, p. 169. 



I believe this to be an occasional cold-weather visitor, as, 



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