﻿74 
  Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  

  

  34. 
  Lanius^ 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  nothing 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  remarks 
  made 
  by 
  Major 
  

   Yerbury 
  ('Ibis/ 
  1886^ 
  p. 
  16) 
  concerning 
  the 
  Lanii, 
  except 
  to 
  

   say 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  cokl 
  season 
  I 
  saw 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Shaik 
  Othman 
  examples 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  

   Shrikes^ 
  one 
  of 
  which, 
  if 
  not 
  actually 
  Lanius 
  lahtora^ 
  was 
  ex- 
  

   ceedingly 
  like 
  it. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  was, 
  I 
  suspect, 
  the 
  Nubian 
  

   Shrike. 
  They 
  are 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  common. 
  . 
  

  

  35. 
  Hypocolius 
  ampelinus, 
  Bp. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  bird 
  flitting 
  about 
  amongst 
  the 
  branching 
  palms 
  

   at 
  Shaik 
  Othman 
  which 
  I 
  think 
  was 
  Hypocolius 
  ampelinus. 
  

   I 
  have 
  examined, 
  several 
  skins 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  Frere 
  Hall 
  

   Museum 
  at 
  Karachi. 
  

  

  36. 
  Terpsiphone 
  paradisi, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  The 
  Paradise 
  Flycatcher 
  is 
  occasionally 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  

   groves 
  and 
  gardens 
  at 
  Shaik 
  Othman. 
  All 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  have 
  

   been 
  in 
  the 
  chestnut 
  plumage 
  with 
  short 
  tails. 
  Major 
  

   Yerbury 
  procured 
  it 
  near 
  Lahej 
  in 
  December, 
  and 
  he 
  notes 
  

   that 
  those 
  seen 
  were 
  in 
  non-breeding 
  plumage, 
  by 
  which 
  he 
  

   must 
  mean 
  the 
  chestnut 
  plumage. 
  I 
  regard 
  the 
  white 
  dress 
  

   as 
  the 
  sign 
  of 
  a 
  fully 
  mature 
  bird, 
  not 
  the 
  nuptial 
  plumage 
  

   only, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  white 
  birds 
  at 
  all 
  seasons, 
  and 
  have 
  

   frequently 
  found 
  chestnut-coloured 
  birds 
  breeding. 
  I 
  am 
  

   referring, 
  of 
  course, 
  to 
  Indian 
  birds. 
  

  

  37. 
  MuscicAPA 
  GRisoLA 
  (Liuu.). 
  

  

  I 
  only 
  met 
  with 
  the 
  Spotted 
  Grey 
  Flycatcher 
  on 
  on(3 
  

   occasion 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  fancy 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  uncommon 
  

   inland. 
  

  

  The 
  one 
  I 
  saw 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  compound 
  of 
  Captain 
  Light's 
  

   bungalow, 
  which 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  Gaol, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  few 
  

   places 
  in 
  Aden 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  trees 
  of 
  any 
  great 
  size. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  April, 
  and 
  Captain 
  Light 
  informed 
  

   me 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  there 
  over 
  a 
  week. 
  

  

  38. 
  MoNTicoLA 
  CYANus 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  The 
  Blue 
  Rock-Thrush 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  common 
  and 
  regular 
  

   cold-weather 
  visitant. 
  A 
  specimen 
  was 
  first 
  noted 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  