﻿72 
  Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  

  

  tarsus 
  0*8, 
  bill 
  from 
  gape 
  1*65^ 
  hill 
  at 
  front 
  ri5. 
  The 
  bill 
  

   was 
  blackish 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  ; 
  iris 
  reddish 
  

   brown. 
  This 
  bird 
  was 
  an 
  immature 
  female. 
  

  

  25. 
  CoRACiAs 
  ABYssiNicus, 
  Bodd. 
  

  

  A 
  Long-tailed 
  Roller 
  was 
  seen 
  and 
  shot 
  by 
  Surgeon-Cap- 
  

   tain 
  Bartlett, 
  near 
  Lahcj, 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  October, 
  but 
  unfor- 
  

   tunately 
  it 
  fell 
  into 
  an 
  impenetrable 
  mass 
  of 
  thorny 
  jungle, 
  

   and 
  although 
  he 
  tried 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  it 
  ; 
  

   the 
  bird 
  therefore 
  still 
  remains 
  undetermined, 
  but 
  in 
  all 
  

   probability 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  alluded 
  to 
  by 
  Major 
  

   Yerbury 
  in 
  his 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Aden 
  (' 
  Ibis,' 
  1886, 
  p. 
  15) 
  . 
  

  

  26. 
  Halcyon 
  semic^eruleus 
  (Forsk.). 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  Kingfisher 
  was 
  caught 
  on 
  the 
  23rd 
  

   January 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thompson, 
  in 
  the 
  commissariat 
  condensing 
  

   shed 
  at 
  Seera 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  female. 
  The 
  male 
  Avas 
  caught 
  a 
  day 
  

   or 
  two 
  later, 
  but 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  caught 
  it 
  pulled 
  out 
  the 
  wing- 
  

   feathers 
  and 
  spoilt 
  it. 
  Another 
  specimen 
  was 
  captured 
  on 
  

   a 
  ship 
  in 
  the 
  harbour 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  but 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  

   opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  bird 
  measured 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  8'6 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  

   14-3, 
  wing 
  4-2, 
  tail 
  2-5, 
  tarsus 
  0-55, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  1-6, 
  bill 
  at 
  

   gape 
  2*05. 
  Bill 
  and 
  feet 
  coral-red. 
  

  

  27. 
  CucuLUs 
  CANORUs, 
  Liuu. 
  

  

  I 
  first 
  heard 
  the 
  Cuckoo 
  on 
  the 
  2 
  1th 
  August 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   next 
  day 
  a 
  pair 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  cliff 
  near 
  the 
  

   Government 
  condenser 
  at 
  Seera; 
  they, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  of 
  

   them, 
  continued 
  calling 
  at 
  intervals 
  for 
  several 
  days. 
  I 
  tried 
  

   to 
  shoot 
  one, 
  but 
  could 
  not, 
  as, 
  when 
  seen, 
  they 
  were 
  always 
  

   on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  some 
  inaccessible 
  rock 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  range. 
  

   However, 
  I 
  found 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  31st 
  of 
  August, 
  lying 
  in 
  an 
  

   exhausted 
  and 
  dying 
  condition, 
  on 
  the 
  stone 
  steps 
  leading 
  to 
  

   my 
  quarters. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  dreadfully 
  emaciated 
  state 
  and 
  its 
  

   stomach 
  was 
  quite 
  empty. 
  

  

  Its 
  measurements, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  flesh, 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   Length 
  13 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  23*25, 
  wing 
  8*5, 
  tail 
  6*5, 
  tarsus 
  

   0-8, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  0-8, 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  la. 
  

  

  I 
  omitted 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  colours 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  parts, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  