﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  167 
  

  

  specimens 
  having 
  been 
  sliot^ 
  but 
  in 
  each 
  instance 
  when 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  inspect 
  the 
  birds 
  they 
  have 
  proved 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  

   the 
  Large 
  Black-headed 
  kind. 
  

  

  The 
  Arabs 
  assert 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  smaller 
  Cliukar, 
  and 
  Captain 
  

   Onslow, 
  R.E., 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  Aden 
  some 
  time, 
  informed 
  me 
  

   that 
  the 
  year 
  previous 
  he 
  had 
  had 
  five 
  sent 
  to 
  him. 
  He 
  knows 
  

   the 
  bird 
  well 
  and 
  was 
  quite 
  certain 
  about 
  them 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   he 
  had 
  seven 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  kind 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  recently 
  

   purchased, 
  so 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  Chukar 
  does 
  occur 
  at 
  Aden, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  

   more 
  satisfactory 
  if 
  a 
  specimen 
  could 
  be 
  procured. 
  

  

  73. 
  Ammoperdix 
  bonhami 
  (Fraser). 
  

  

  The 
  Seesee 
  Partridge 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Aden, 
  but 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  or 
  not 
  I 
  cannot 
  say 
  ; 
  the 
  

   only 
  one 
  obtained 
  was 
  bought 
  from 
  an 
  Arab, 
  and 
  was 
  mis- 
  

   taken 
  by 
  the 
  purchaser 
  for 
  a 
  Chukar, 
  which 
  he 
  knew 
  I 
  was 
  

   on 
  the 
  look-out 
  for. 
  This 
  bird 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Zoological 
  

   Gardens, 
  London, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  its 
  arrival 
  there 
  that 
  

   it 
  was 
  correctly 
  identified, 
  as 
  I 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  seriously 
  ill 
  

   from 
  the 
  eflFects 
  of 
  an 
  unfortunate 
  accident, 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  

   examine 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  Arab 
  who 
  sold 
  it 
  says 
  he 
  caught 
  it 
  among 
  the 
  hills, 
  

   along 
  with 
  two 
  others, 
  which 
  had 
  since 
  died 
  ; 
  he 
  had 
  in 
  his 
  

   possession 
  at 
  the 
  tinae 
  about 
  twenty 
  Sand-Grouse 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   Common 
  Quail. 
  

  

  74. 
  COTURNIX 
  COMMUNIS, 
  BoUU. 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Quail 
  is 
  found 
  occasionally 
  in 
  Goldmore 
  

   Valley 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Shum-shum 
  Gorge 
  ; 
  but 
  these 
  birds 
  

   do 
  not 
  remain 
  long, 
  staying 
  apparently 
  only 
  to 
  rest 
  them- 
  

   selves. 
  

  

  Inland 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  season 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  common, 
  and 
  

   are 
  caught 
  in 
  some 
  numbers 
  by 
  the 
  Arabs. 
  They 
  are 
  generally 
  

   kept 
  for 
  fighting. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  dimensions 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  female 
  shot 
  

   on 
  8th 
  March: 
  — 
  Length 
  8*2 
  inches, 
  tail 
  1'4, 
  tarsus 
  Tl, 
  bill 
  

   from 
  gape 
  0'6, 
  bill 
  from 
  front 
  04. 
  Bill 
  horny 
  brown 
  ; 
  feet 
  

   pale 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  

  

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