﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  73 
  

  

  dry 
  skin 
  the 
  bill 
  is 
  horny 
  brown, 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  are 
  

   dirty 
  waxy 
  yellow. 
  

  

  28. 
  CoccYSTKs, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Ci'ested 
  Cuckoo 
  flying 
  towards 
  the 
  tanks 
  on 
  the 
  

   morning 
  of 
  the 
  1 
  1th 
  June. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  away 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  

   but 
  spent 
  the 
  whole 
  afternoon 
  searching 
  unsuccessfully 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  Personally 
  T 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  another, 
  but 
  on 
  two 
  separate 
  

   occasions, 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  month, 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  similar 
  bird 
  

   described 
  to 
  nie 
  by 
  friends 
  who 
  had 
  observed 
  it 
  — 
  one 
  at 
  

   Steamer 
  Point, 
  near 
  Ras 
  Boradli, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  Malla 
  

   Plain. 
  

  

  29. 
  Centropus, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  caught 
  a 
  glimpse 
  of 
  a 
  bird 
  skulking 
  amongst 
  salsola 
  

   jungle, 
  near 
  Shaik 
  Othman, 
  that 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  Crow- 
  

   Pheasant 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  INIajor 
  Yerbury 
  Q 
  Ibis,^ 
  188(5, 
  p. 
  15) 
  as 
  

   occurring 
  occasionally 
  in 
  thick 
  jungli' 
  inland. 
  It 
  was 
  too 
  far 
  

   away 
  from 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  cpiite 
  sure, 
  and 
  the 
  bird 
  (lisapi)eared 
  

   immediately 
  it 
  was 
  observed, 
  and 
  although, 
  with 
  the 
  lu'l|) 
  of 
  

   half 
  a 
  dozen 
  Arabs, 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  place 
  carefully 
  beaten, 
  1 
  did 
  

   not 
  sec 
  it 
  again. 
  

  

  30. 
  Nectahinia 
  metalltca, 
  Licht. 
  

  

  I 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  Sun-bird, 
  probably 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  at 
  Iluswah 
  

   in 
  December. 
  As 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  nuptial 
  plumage, 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   preserve 
  it, 
  as 
  I 
  hoped 
  to 
  meet 
  with 
  a 
  better 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  

   hot 
  season. 
  Unfortunately 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  another. 
  

  

  31. 
  Upupa 
  epops, 
  Linn, 
  

  

  The 
  Hoopoe 
  is 
  a 
  regular 
  visitant 
  during 
  the 
  coUl 
  season, 
  

   appearing 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August, 
  ami 
  remaining 
  with 
  

   us 
  quite 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  hot 
  weather. 
  I 
  

   must 
  have 
  seen 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  dozen 
  during 
  each 
  season, 
  and 
  its 
  

   appearance 
  was 
  coutiniially 
  being 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  others. 
  

   I 
  shoidd 
  not 
  be 
  surprised 
  to 
  hear 
  of 
  its 
  breeding 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  secluded 
  gorges 
  between 
  Cohlmore 
  Valley 
  and 
  Pisher- 
  

   man's 
  Bay. 
  

  

  32. 
  Lanius 
  lahtora, 
  Sykes. 
  

  

  33. 
  Lanius 
  nuiucus, 
  Licht. 
  

  

  