﻿80 
  Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  

  

  quite 
  numerous 
  to 
  within 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  

   Barrier 
  Gate. 
  I 
  counted 
  58 
  between 
  the 
  latter 
  place 
  and 
  

   Shaik 
  Othniau, 
  and 
  often, 
  standing 
  on 
  the 
  Victoria 
  Bastion 
  

   at 
  the 
  Isthmus, 
  I 
  have 
  counted 
  over 
  a 
  dozen. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  

   appear 
  to 
  pass 
  into 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  very 
  often, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  

   cross 
  do 
  not 
  remain 
  long, 
  finding, 
  I 
  suppose, 
  very 
  little 
  

   inducement 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  food. 
  

  

  These 
  Crows 
  seem 
  not 
  to 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  inside 
  the 
  

   Istlimus. 
  

  

  I 
  noticed 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  birds 
  much 
  marked 
  with 
  white, 
  one 
  

   of 
  which 
  had 
  a 
  distinct 
  white 
  collar, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  they 
  

   were 
  specimens 
  of 
  Corvits 
  capellanus, 
  although 
  Captain 
  

   Light 
  gave 
  me 
  two 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  procured 
  

   at 
  Berbera, 
  on 
  the 
  Somali 
  coast 
  ; 
  these 
  were 
  unfortunately 
  

   so 
  badly 
  cured 
  that, 
  getting 
  damp, 
  they 
  fell 
  to 
  pieces. 
  

  

  54. 
  CoRVUs 
  coRAX, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  myself 
  seen 
  the 
  Raven 
  ; 
  but 
  a 
  friend, 
  who 
  

   spent 
  some 
  days 
  at 
  Lahej, 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  a 
  

   pair 
  there 
  consorting 
  with 
  ordinary 
  Crows 
  ; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Ham- 
  

   mond 
  Brazier, 
  of 
  the 
  Military 
  Works 
  Department, 
  whose 
  

   duties 
  frequently 
  took 
  him 
  to 
  Shaik 
  Othman, 
  says 
  he 
  has 
  

   occasionally 
  met 
  with 
  them 
  between 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  and 
  that 
  

   place. 
  

  

  55. 
  DiLOPHUS 
  CARUNCULATUS 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  Wattled 
  Starling 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  

   aviary. 
  The 
  Arab 
  from 
  whom 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  purchased 
  

   asserted 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  caught 
  it 
  near 
  Huswah. 
  

  

  5G, 
  Hyphantornis 
  galbula 
  (Riipp.). 
  

  

  The 
  Golden 
  Weaver-bird 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  per- 
  

   manent 
  residents 
  in 
  Aden, 
  and 
  is 
  equally 
  abundant 
  in 
  

   suitable 
  places 
  inland. 
  They 
  are, 
  however, 
  somewhat 
  locally 
  

   distributed; 
  several 
  pairs 
  may 
  always 
  be 
  found 
  nesting 
  at 
  

   the 
  tanks, 
  and 
  in 
  an 
  adjacent 
  garden 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  Parsee. 
  

   They 
  have 
  made 
  many 
  attempts 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  Commissariat 
  

   Transport 
  Lines 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  muleteers' 
  children 
  always 
  destroy 
  

   the 
  nests, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  all 
  orders 
  and 
  precautions. 
  The 
  place 
  

  

  