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  Lieut. 
  H. 
  ¥j. 
  IJarucs 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  

  

  75. 
  CoTURNix 
  DELEGORGUEij 
  Delcg. 
  Vov. 
  FAfr. 
  Austr. 
  ii. 
  

   p. 
  615 
  (1847). 
  

  

  This 
  Quail 
  is 
  equally 
  abundant 
  and 
  oceui's 
  in 
  tlie 
  same 
  

   loealities 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  season 
  as 
  the 
  last. 
  It 
  is, 
  if 
  pos- 
  

   sible, 
  even 
  still 
  more 
  pugnacious, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  favourite 
  

   with 
  the 
  Arabs. 
  

  

  76. 
  TuRNix 
  LEPURANA 
  (Smith). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  speeies 
  of 
  Button 
  Quail 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  met 
  

   witli 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  season, 
  but, 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  I 
  could 
  learn, 
  does 
  not 
  remain 
  to 
  breed. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  met 
  

   with 
  any 
  in 
  Aden 
  itself. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  measurements 
  carefully 
  taken 
  from 
  

   a 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  flesh: 
  — 
  Length 
  6 
  15 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  11, 
  wing 
  

   3"4, 
  tail 
  1-4, 
  tarsus 
  0-9, 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  06. 
  Bill 
  bluish, 
  dusky 
  

   on 
  culmen 
  ; 
  legs 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  iris 
  yellow. 
  

  

  77. 
  EupoDOTis 
  ARABS 
  (Liuu.) 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  Bustard 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  common 
  inland, 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  meet 
  with 
  one 
  alive, 
  but 
  

   have 
  seen 
  several 
  brought 
  in 
  for 
  sale. 
  

  

  T 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  other 
  Bustard, 
  but 
  the 
  Arabs 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  speak 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  others. 
  

  

  78. 
  HOUBARA 
  MACQUEENI 
  (J. 
  E. 
  Gr.). 
  

  

  An 
  Arab 
  sold 
  me 
  two 
  eggs 
  of 
  a 
  Bustard 
  in 
  March, 
  un- 
  

   fortunately 
  just 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  hatching. 
  

   They 
  were 
  exactly 
  similar 
  to 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  Houbara 
  received 
  

   from 
  Persia, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  little 
  doubt 
  of 
  its 
  

   occurrence 
  somewhere 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  

  

  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  broadish 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  pointed 
  a 
  little 
  at 
  

   one 
  end, 
  measuring 
  2*5 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  by 
  1*8 
  in 
  breadth. 
  

   The 
  ground-colour 
  was 
  a 
  darkish 
  drab, 
  showing 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  

   light 
  a 
  slightly 
  reddish 
  tint 
  ; 
  the 
  markings 
  consisted 
  of 
  clouds 
  

   and 
  blotches 
  of 
  blackish 
  and 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  79. 
  CuRsORius, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  The 
  Courser 
  alluded 
  to 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury 
  still 
  remains 
  

   unknown. 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  bird 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  only, 
  on 
  

   the 
  shore 
  between 
  Huswah 
  and 
  the 
  Barrier 
  Gate, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  

   secure 
  the 
  specimen. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  solitary 
  individual 
  and 
  was 
  

  

  