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

  

  feet 
  wax-yellow 
  ; 
  claws 
  black 
  ; 
  iris 
  ricli 
  orange-yellow 
  (most 
  

   probably 
  crimson 
  when 
  fresh). 
  The 
  specimen 
  reached 
  me 
  

   three 
  days 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  shot, 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  putrid 
  condition. 
  

  

  14. 
  Strix 
  plammeAj 
  Linn. 
  

  

  The 
  Barn-Owl 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  Aden, 
  and 
  is 
  often 
  

   captured 
  by 
  the 
  Arabs 
  and 
  offered 
  for 
  sale. 
  Four 
  were 
  

   caught 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  October 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  cave 
  on 
  Ras 
  Morbat, 
  

   and 
  sold 
  to 
  people 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  hill, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  met 
  

   with 
  them 
  since. 
  I 
  examined 
  one 
  very 
  carefully, 
  and 
  am 
  

   sure 
  that 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  from 
  the 
  Common 
  

   Barn-Owl 
  of 
  Europe. 
  

  

  15. 
  Carine, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  twice 
  saw 
  an 
  Owlet 
  at 
  Shaik 
  Othman, 
  but 
  on 
  both 
  occa- 
  

   sions 
  failed 
  to 
  secure 
  it. 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  at 
  Hedjuff, 
  but 
  

   it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  following 
  bird, 
  as 
  it 
  w^as 
  quite 
  dusk 
  at 
  

   the 
  time. 
  

  

  16. 
  Scops 
  giu 
  (Scop.). 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  tufted 
  Owl, 
  which 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  identify, 
  was 
  found, 
  

   on 
  inspection 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe, 
  to 
  be 
  Scops 
  giu 
  ; 
  it 
  

   was 
  caught 
  at 
  Ras 
  Boradli 
  on 
  the 
  28th 
  September. 
  It 
  had 
  

   hidden 
  itself 
  behind 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  cells 
  in 
  a 
  battery, 
  in 
  a 
  room 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Telegraph 
  Company. 
  

  

  It 
  measured 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  8'75 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  17*5, 
  wing 
  5*8, 
  

   tail 
  3-3, 
  tarsus 
  0-85, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  0-8, 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  0-9. 
  Bill 
  

   black 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  dusky 
  red. 
  This 
  u 
  as 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  

   obtained, 
  but 
  several 
  of 
  my 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Telegraph 
  

   Company 
  speak 
  of 
  having 
  occasionally 
  seen 
  a 
  small 
  Owl, 
  

   both 
  on 
  Ras 
  Boradli 
  and 
  in 
  Goldmore 
  Valley, 
  just 
  below. 
  

  

  17. 
  HiRUNDO 
  RusTicA, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  The 
  Chimney 
  Swallow 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  common, 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   is 
  only 
  found 
  immediately 
  after 
  rough 
  weather, 
  but 
  some 
  few 
  

   do 
  remain 
  to 
  breed, 
  as 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  containing 
  three 
  eggs 
  

   under 
  the 
  verandah 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  story 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hotels 
  

   at 
  Steamer 
  Point. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  in 
  any 
  respect 
  from 
  others 
  in 
  my 
  

   collection, 
  taken 
  personally 
  in 
  England 
  and 
  in 
  Afghanistan. 
  

  

  