﻿78 
  Lieut, 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  

  

  pinched 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  greenish 
  white 
  in 
  

   colour, 
  spotted, 
  streaked, 
  and 
  blotched 
  with 
  bright 
  red- 
  

   brown, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  few 
  underljaug 
  species 
  of 
  faint 
  inky 
  

   purple 
  ; 
  the 
  markings 
  are 
  bolder 
  and 
  denser 
  at 
  the 
  large 
  end, 
  

   where 
  they 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  form 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  well- 
  

   defined 
  cap. 
  

  

  They 
  measure 
  about 
  0*8 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  by 
  nearly 
  0*G 
  in 
  

   breadth. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  September 
  measured 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  

   6'15 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  9'6, 
  wing 
  3'2, 
  tail 
  2"45, 
  tarsus 
  0'8, 
  bill 
  

   at 
  front 
  0*47, 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  0-8, 
  Bill, 
  legs, 
  and. 
  feet 
  black 
  ; 
  iris 
  

   blackish 
  broAvu. 
  

  

  48. 
  lluTiciLLA, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  never 
  met 
  with 
  the 
  Redstart, 
  said 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury 
  

   ('Ibis,' 
  1886, 
  p. 
  17) 
  to 
  be 
  ''an 
  occasional 
  cold- 
  weather 
  

   visitant"; 
  but 
  on 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  occasions 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  bird 
  

   described 
  to 
  me 
  which 
  may 
  very 
  possibly 
  have 
  been 
  it. 
  

  

  49. 
  PuiNiA, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  feel 
  quite 
  ashamed 
  of 
  my 
  negligence 
  in 
  omitting 
  to 
  

   secure 
  this 
  bird, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  amongst 
  the 
  shrubs 
  

   on 
  the 
  hill-sides 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  valleys. 
  Some 
  few 
  

   remain 
  to 
  breed, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  June 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  among 
  

   the 
  bushes 
  on 
  the 
  Malla 
  Plain 
  containing 
  four 
  hard-set 
  eggs, 
  

   of 
  the 
  mahogany 
  or 
  brick-red 
  colour 
  typical 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   the 
  tcn-tail-feathcred 
  Prinias. 
  The 
  nest 
  was 
  also 
  very 
  

   similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Prinia 
  social 
  is. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  measured 
  0'63 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  by 
  rather 
  less 
  

   than 
  0-4G 
  in 
  breadrh. 
  

  

  50. 
  Phylloscopus, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  A 
  Brown 
  Willow-Warbler 
  occurs 
  occasionally 
  during 
  the 
  

   latter 
  part 
  of 
  tin) 
  cold 
  weather. 
  1 
  did 
  not, 
  however, 
  procure 
  

   a 
  specimen. 
  

  

  51. 
  MOTACILLA 
  ALBA, 
  Liuu. 
  

  

  The 
  White 
  Wagtail 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  cold-season 
  visitor. 
  

   It 
  commences 
  to 
  arrive 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  September 
  and 
  

  

  