﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  75 
  

  

  Hedj 
  uff 
  Rocks 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  September, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

   frequently 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  up 
  to 
  quite 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   January. 
  Another 
  one 
  frequented 
  an 
  old 
  dilapidated 
  stable 
  

   in 
  my 
  own 
  compound, 
  from 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  October 
  to 
  

   about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  February, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  seen 
  others 
  

   in 
  different 
  places. 
  

  

  I 
  believe 
  the 
  same 
  bird 
  returns 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  ])lace 
  year 
  

   after 
  year, 
  as 
  in 
  both 
  cold 
  seasons 
  of 
  1890-91 
  and 
  1891-92 
  

   individuals 
  were 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  spots. 
  

  

  39. 
  Cercotrichas 
  melanoptera 
  (Hempr. 
  et 
  Elir.). 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Blue-winged 
  Chat-Thrush 
  

   alive, 
  either 
  in 
  Aden 
  proper 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  mainland, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Caine, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Telegraph 
  Company, 
  had 
  a 
  wing 
  of 
  one 
  in 
  his 
  

   possession, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  procured 
  in 
  Aden 
  the 
  year 
  pre- 
  

   vious, 
  and 
  Major 
  Yerbury 
  notes 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  "resident 
  inland.^^ 
  

  

  40. 
  Argya, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  failed 
  to 
  procure 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Babbler, 
  although 
  

   it 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  rare. 
  On 
  one 
  occasion 
  I 
  came 
  upon 
  a 
  

   flock 
  at 
  Huswah, 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  Shaik 
  Othman 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   branching 
  palms, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  often 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  my 
  

   notice 
  by 
  others. 
  They 
  are, 
  I 
  feel 
  sure, 
  permanent 
  residents. 
  

  

  41. 
  Pycnonotus 
  arsinoe 
  (Herapr. 
  et 
  Ehr.). 
  

   HempricVs 
  Bulbul 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  permanent 
  resident, 
  

  

  occurring 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  Aden, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  mainland. 
  

   They 
  breed 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  during 
  March, 
  April, 
  and 
  May. 
  I 
  

   found 
  a 
  nest 
  in 
  Goldmore 
  Valley 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  September 
  

   containing 
  three 
  almost 
  full-fledged 
  nestlings 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  

   this 
  was 
  exceptionally 
  late, 
  and 
  may 
  have 
  belonged 
  to 
  a 
  pair 
  

   of 
  birds 
  whose 
  first 
  nest 
  had 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  42. 
  Pycnonotus 
  xanthopygus 
  (Hempr. 
  et 
  Ehr.). 
  

  

  The 
  Yellow-vented 
  Bulbul 
  is 
  common 
  at 
  Huswah 
  and 
  

   other 
  places 
  inland, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  visits 
  Aden 
  proper. 
  

   A 
  male 
  shot 
  at 
  Huswah 
  on 
  the 
  23rd 
  November 
  measured 
  : 
  — 
  

   Length 
  8*1 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  11*2, 
  wing 
  3, 
  tail 
  3*45, 
  tarsus 
  0*8, 
  

   bill 
  at 
  gape 
  0'78. 
  Bill, 
  legs, 
  and 
  feet 
  black 
  ; 
  iris 
  white 
  ; 
  

   eyelids 
  greyish 
  white. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  Bulbul 
  were 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Caine 
  

  

  