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

  

  68. 
  CEna 
  CAPENsis 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  The 
  Long-tailed 
  Dove 
  is 
  found 
  occasionally 
  at 
  Huswah 
  

   and 
  Sliaik 
  OtlimaUj 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  it 
  in 
  Aden 
  itself. 
  

  

  69. 
  Pterocles 
  exustus^ 
  Temm. 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Sand-Grouse 
  is 
  very 
  abundant 
  inland, 
  and 
  

   is 
  netted 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  by 
  the 
  Arabs 
  and 
  brought 
  into 
  

   Aden 
  for 
  sale. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  measure 
  any, 
  but 
  they 
  struck 
  me 
  

   as 
  being 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  size 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  birds 
  we 
  get 
  

   in 
  India. 
  

  

  70. 
  Pterocles 
  lichtensteini, 
  Temm. 
  

   Lichtenstein^s 
  Sand-Grouse 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  inland, 
  but 
  

  

  does 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  as 
  the 
  Common 
  Sand- 
  

   Grouse 
  ; 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  that 
  any 
  remain 
  to 
  breed, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   not 
  seen 
  or 
  heard 
  of 
  them^ 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  season. 
  One 
  

   shot 
  on 
  the 
  27th 
  October 
  measured 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  

   10'8 
  inches^ 
  expanse 
  21, 
  wing 
  6*7, 
  tail 
  3, 
  tarsus 
  \'\, 
  bill 
  at 
  

   gape 
  0-66, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  0-54. 
  Bill 
  fleshy 
  brown, 
  paler 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  feet 
  dull 
  orange-yellow 
  ; 
  iris 
  brown. 
  

  

  71. 
  Caccabis 
  melanocephala 
  (Riipp.). 
  

  

  The 
  Large 
  Black-headed 
  Chukar 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

   ravines 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hills, 
  some 
  distance 
  inland. 
  They 
  

   also 
  frequent 
  the 
  clayey 
  cliffs 
  along 
  the 
  river-banks, 
  

   especially 
  near 
  pools 
  of 
  water, 
  the 
  river-bed 
  being 
  generally 
  

   dry. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  often 
  brought 
  in 
  alive 
  by 
  Arabs, 
  and 
  command 
  

   a 
  ready 
  sale, 
  as 
  they 
  form 
  an 
  agreeable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  meagre 
  

   fare 
  generally 
  obtainable 
  in 
  the 
  settlement, 
  especially 
  if 
  

   kept 
  a 
  little 
  while 
  and 
  allowed 
  to 
  get 
  fat 
  — 
  a 
  process 
  which 
  

   does 
  not 
  take 
  long, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  tamable 
  birds. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  permanent 
  residents, 
  laying 
  their 
  eggs 
  about 
  

   March. 
  Early 
  in 
  June 
  an 
  Arab 
  offered 
  to 
  sell 
  me 
  some 
  

   half-grown 
  birds 
  which 
  he 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  caught 
  near 
  the 
  river 
  

   not 
  far 
  from 
  Huswah. 
  

  

  72. 
  Caccabis 
  chukar 
  (J. 
  E. 
  Gray). 
  

  

  The 
  evidence 
  regarding 
  the 
  occurrence 
  near 
  Aden 
  of 
  this 
  

   bird 
  is 
  still 
  inconclusive. 
  Manv 
  times 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  

  

  