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  Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  Eagles 
  mentioned 
  below, 
  all 
  feeding 
  on 
  carrion, 
  a 
  

   plentiful 
  supply 
  of 
  wliicli 
  is 
  usually 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  there. 
  They 
  

   remained 
  only 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  weather. 
  

  

  8. 
  Aquila 
  imperialis 
  (Bechst.). 
  

  

  Not 
  uncommon. 
  I 
  observed 
  the 
  first 
  one, 
  a 
  solitary 
  speci- 
  

   men, 
  seated 
  on 
  a 
  projecting 
  rock 
  at 
  the 
  Hedjuff, 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  

   October. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  another 
  until 
  the 
  1.2tli 
  December; 
  

   this 
  one, 
  probably 
  the 
  same 
  bird, 
  was 
  seated 
  on 
  the 
  cliffs, 
  

   just 
  under 
  the 
  Residency 
  Buildings, 
  at 
  Ras 
  Tarshine, 
  

   Steamer 
  Point. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  15th 
  February 
  I 
  saw 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  at 
  Holket 
  

   Bay, 
  and 
  these 
  remained 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  March. 
  

  

  9. 
  Pandion 
  HALiAJiTus, 
  Liuu. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  Osprey 
  is 
  fairly 
  common, 
  and 
  is, 
  I 
  think, 
  a 
  permanent 
  

   resident. 
  A 
  pair 
  frequented 
  Elephant 
  Rock 
  and 
  its 
  vicinity. 
  

   I 
  found 
  what 
  I 
  believed 
  was 
  their 
  eyrie 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  

   rock 
  ; 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  empty 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  although 
  the 
  

   birds 
  were 
  sitting 
  close 
  by, 
  but 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  climb 
  the 
  rock, 
  

   although 
  I 
  tried 
  ; 
  a 
  friend 
  who 
  managed 
  to 
  get 
  up 
  somewhat 
  

   higher- 
  than 
  I 
  did, 
  missed 
  his 
  footing 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  bad 
  fall. 
  

   Another 
  pair 
  was 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  rocks 
  near 
  

   Marshag 
  Lighthouse, 
  and 
  an 
  odd 
  bird 
  was 
  often 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  

   cross-trees 
  of 
  the 
  flagstaff 
  at 
  Ras 
  Morbat. 
  

  

  Captain 
  Bishop 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Ospreys 
  

   attempted 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  signalling 
  flagstaff 
  on 
  

   Barrack 
  Hill 
  in 
  1889, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  his 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  could 
  do 
  to 
  prevent 
  them. 
  

  

  They 
  persisted 
  for 
  several 
  days, 
  although 
  the 
  sticks 
  they 
  

   collected 
  were 
  continually 
  thrown 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  signalling 
  

   Lascars. 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  seen 
  an 
  Osprey 
  sitting 
  on 
  this 
  flagstaff, 
  

   but 
  witnessed 
  no 
  attempt 
  at 
  building 
  there 
  ; 
  I 
  suppose 
  they 
  

   were 
  satisfied, 
  or 
  rather 
  dissatisfied, 
  with 
  their 
  efforts 
  in 
  1889. 
  

  

  10. 
  Haliaetus 
  leucogaster 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  an 
  immature 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  White-bellied 
  Sea- 
  

   Eagle 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  October; 
  it 
  sailed 
  slowly 
  across 
  Pilot 
  Bay 
  

   and 
  went 
  towards 
  Goldmore 
  Valley. 
  It 
  came 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  

  

  