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

  

  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  7*5 
  inches^ 
  expanse 
  14*75, 
  wing 
  5_, 
  

   tail 
  1-8, 
  tarsus 
  1, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  1. 
  Bill 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  blackish 
  ; 
  

   iris 
  very 
  dark 
  brown, 
  almost 
  black. 
  

  

  84. 
  tEgialitis 
  cantiana 
  (Lath.). 
  

  

  The 
  Kentish 
  Plover 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  I 
  obtained 
  spe- 
  

   cimens 
  from 
  the 
  25th 
  September 
  to 
  the 
  15th 
  April. 
  One 
  

   measured 
  in 
  the 
  flesh: 
  — 
  Length 
  Cy7 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  13'5, 
  

   wing 
  4-4, 
  tail 
  1"95, 
  tarsus 
  1"1. 
  Bill 
  black; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  iris 
  brown. 
  

  

  85. 
  Strepsilas 
  interpres 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  The 
  Turnstone 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  weather, 
  

   frequenting 
  the 
  beach 
  both 
  in 
  Aden 
  itself 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   bourhood. 
  Those 
  obtained 
  in 
  September 
  were 
  in 
  winter 
  

   plumage, 
  but 
  one 
  shot 
  late 
  in 
  May 
  (the 
  last 
  one 
  I 
  met 
  with) 
  

   was 
  commencing 
  to 
  assume 
  the 
  summer 
  plumage. 
  The 
  

   following 
  are 
  the 
  dimensions 
  of 
  one 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  29th 
  

   September 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  8*75 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  17-5, 
  wing 
  5-8, 
  

   tail 
  2-3, 
  tarsus 
  0-85, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  08, 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  09. 
  Bill 
  

   black; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  dusky 
  red 
  ; 
  iris 
  deep 
  brown. 
  

  

  86. 
  Dromas 
  ardeola, 
  Payk. 
  

  

  The 
  Crab-Plover 
  is 
  a 
  regular 
  visitor 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  

   season, 
  appearing 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  October. 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  as 
  

   late 
  as 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  May 
  in 
  Goldmore 
  Valley, 
  and 
  felt 
  sure 
  

   that 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  nest 
  near 
  at 
  hand 
  ; 
  but 
  a 
  close 
  and 
  persevering 
  

   search 
  was 
  not 
  rewarded 
  with 
  the 
  success 
  it 
  deserved. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   Gulf 
  (from 
  which 
  locality 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  eggs), 
  laying 
  a 
  

   single 
  white 
  egg 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  burrowed 
  in 
  the 
  sand, 
  so 
  that 
  my 
  

   assumption 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  very 
  unreasonable. 
  

  

  The 
  egg 
  is 
  very 
  large 
  for 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  bird. 
  

  

  87. 
  H/EMATOPUs 
  osTRALEGus, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  As 
  noted 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury, 
  Oyster-catchers 
  remain 
  at 
  

   Aden 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  Like 
  him 
  I 
  doubt 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  their 
  

   breeding 
  here, 
  simply 
  because 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  met 
  with 
  any 
  

   young 
  birds 
  ; 
  but 
  when 
  we 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  all 
  but 
  inac- 
  

   cessible 
  creeks 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  where 
  the 
  solitude 
  is 
  seldom 
  

   broken 
  by 
  the 
  voice 
  of 
  man, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  possible 
  they 
  may 
  do 
  

  

  