﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  67 
  

  

  where 
  T 
  was 
  fishing, 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  view 
  of 
  it. 
  I 
  never 
  

   met 
  with 
  another. 
  

  

  11. 
  Melierax 
  folyzonus 
  (Riipp.). 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  alluded 
  to 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury 
  {' 
  Ibis/ 
  

   1886, 
  p. 
  14) 
  as 
  "the 
  handsome 
  blue-grey 
  Harrier 
  with 
  

   black-tipped 
  wings 
  ^^ 
  was 
  procured 
  at 
  Lahej 
  by 
  Surgeon- 
  

   Captain 
  Bartlett 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  October. 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  

   decomposed 
  state 
  when 
  it 
  reached 
  me, 
  but 
  I 
  preserved 
  the 
  

   specimen, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  quite 
  unknown 
  to 
  me. 
  Dr. 
  Bartlett 
  

   informed 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  fairly 
  common 
  at 
  Lahej. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  submitted 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  for 
  

   identification. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  measurements 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  : 
  — 
  

   Length 
  18*5 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  37, 
  wing 
  11*75, 
  tail 
  8, 
  tarsus 
  3, 
  

   bill 
  from 
  gape 
  1'32. 
  Bill 
  blackish 
  horny 
  ; 
  cere 
  deep 
  orange 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  orange. 
  

  

  12. 
  MiLVUS 
  iEGYPTIUS 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  The 
  Egyptian 
  Kite 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  permanent 
  

   resident, 
  breeding 
  from 
  early 
  in 
  January 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   April. 
  The 
  nests 
  are 
  placed 
  on 
  ledges 
  of 
  cliS's 
  or 
  in 
  niches 
  

   of 
  buildings. 
  Several 
  nests 
  are 
  built 
  every 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  

   sloping 
  roof 
  of 
  the 
  Camp 
  Church, 
  resting 
  against 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   porting 
  buttresses, 
  which 
  are 
  carried 
  up 
  rather 
  higher 
  than 
  

   the 
  eaves 
  ; 
  the 
  position 
  seems 
  so 
  precarious 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   wonder 
  that 
  the 
  nests 
  are 
  not 
  blown 
  down. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs, 
  two 
  in 
  number, 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  in 
  any 
  respect 
  from 
  

   those 
  of 
  Milvus 
  yovinda 
  : 
  they 
  measure 
  about 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length, 
  by 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  1-75 
  in 
  breadth; 
  in 
  colour 
  they 
  

   are 
  pale 
  greyish 
  white, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  spotted 
  and 
  blotched 
  

   with 
  dingy 
  red-brown. 
  

  

  13. 
  Elanus 
  CiERULEus 
  (Dcsf.) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  Black-winged 
  Kite 
  occurs 
  occasionally 
  at 
  Lahej 
  and 
  

   further 
  inland 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  but 
  seldom 
  seen 
  in 
  Aden 
  proper. 
  

   I 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  Goldmore 
  Valley 
  early 
  in 
  February. 
  

  

  One 
  procured 
  at 
  Shaik 
  Othman 
  measured 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  13 
  

   inches, 
  expanse 
  33, 
  wing 
  11*15, 
  tail 
  5*75, 
  tarsus 
  1*25, 
  bill 
  at 
  

   front 
  0*8, 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  1*1. 
  Bill 
  black; 
  cere 
  wax-yellow 
  ; 
  

  

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