40 Notes on the Birds of Aden. 



140. SuLA FIBER (Liun.) ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 179. 

 a, b. Little Aden, April 6, 1895. 



A number o£ tbese birds were seen sitting on a rock off 

 Little Aden on the 6th of April. As it was thought possible 

 that they were breeding, it was decided to take the row- 

 boat and land on the rock. Three birds were shot as the 

 flock flew away, but, though there were plenty of droppings 

 on the rock, there was no sign o£ breeding. These birds 

 were troubled with a large dipterous parasite i^Ornithomyia), 

 but I only succeeded in obtaining one specimen of it. The 

 Brown Cormorants previously reported by me as having 

 been seen at Marshag undoubtedly belonged to this species. 



On the outward voyage in the Red Sea, when off Jebel 

 Tier and the Apostles on the 5th of February, considerable 

 numbers of these birds were seen. The greater number 

 were in pairs, and were possibly breeding on these barren 

 islets. 



141. Pelecanus ONOCROTALUS, Linn. ; Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 24; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 179. 



142. Phaethon indicus, Hume; Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 23; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 179. 



I saw two or three of these birds sitting on a detached 

 rock (but little above the wash of the sea) below the ladder 

 at Marshag on the 7th of April, in company with several 

 specimens of Sulci fiber. 



A comparison of this list with that published by the late 

 Lieut. Barnes {vide 'Journal Bo. N. H. Society/ vol. viii. 

 pp. 231-233) will show the addition of the following 16 

 species to the Aden fauna, viz. : — 



Circus macrurus, p. 15. Corvus affinis, p. 26. 



Bubo milesi, p. 16. Passer euchlorus, p. 27. 



Asio accipitrinus, p. 17. Rallus aquaticus, p. c,3. 



Cypselus affinis, p. 18. Gallinula, sp., p. 33. 



Lanius isabellinus, p. 21. Himantopus candidus, p. 35. 



Saxicola isabellina, p. 24. Sterna ano^lica, p. 37. 



Cisticola cisticola, p. 25. Ciconia abdimii, p. 38. 



Burnesia gracilis, p. 25. Spatula clypeata, p. 3t>. 



