﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  171 
  

  

  so. 
  Most 
  undoubtedly 
  they 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  numerous 
  in 
  

   the 
  cold 
  weather. 
  

  

  88. 
  Gallinago 
  ccelestis^ 
  Frenzel. 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Snipe 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  abundant, 
  but 
  at 
  times 
  a 
  

   small 
  bag 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  along 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  This 
  is 
  

   the 
  only 
  Snipe 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  personally 
  examined, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  Jack 
  Snipe 
  occurs 
  also. 
  

  

  89. 
  Terekia 
  cinerea 
  (Giild.). 
  

  

  The 
  Avocet 
  Sandpiper 
  is 
  occasionally 
  met 
  with 
  during 
  the 
  

   cold 
  season. 
  It 
  frequents 
  the 
  mudbanks 
  in 
  the 
  harbour 
  at 
  

   low 
  tides, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  wary 
  and 
  difficult 
  to 
  shoot. 
  

  

  90. 
  NuMENius 
  ARQUATA 
  (Linu.). 
  

  

  The 
  Curlew 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  season, 
  and 
  is 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  met 
  with 
  throughout 
  the 
  year; 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  

   these 
  are 
  only 
  young 
  and 
  unpaired 
  birds, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  breed 
  

   anywhere 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  

  

  91. 
  NuMENius 
  PH^opus 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  equally 
  well 
  to 
  the 
  Whimbrel, 
  

   except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  common. 
  

  

  I 
  took 
  careful 
  measurements 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  Whimbrel 
  and 
  

   Curlew, 
  but 
  cannot 
  now 
  find 
  them. 
  

  

  9.2. 
  Tringa 
  alpina, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  The 
  Dunlin 
  is 
  fairly 
  common 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  season, 
  

   remaining 
  quite 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May, 
  by 
  which 
  time 
  they 
  

   commence 
  to 
  assume 
  the 
  summer 
  plumage. 
  

  

  93. 
  Tringa 
  mtnuta, 
  Leisl. 
  

  

  The 
  Little 
  Stint 
  is 
  often 
  met 
  with 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  weather. 
  

  

  94. 
  Caliuris 
  ARENARiA 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  The 
  Sanderling 
  occurs 
  also 
  in 
  large 
  flocks 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  

   season. 
  

  

  95. 
  Tringoides 
  hypoleucus 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Sandpiper 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  seashore 
  wherever 
  

   it 
  is 
  at 
  all 
  rocky 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  abundant 
  from 
  September 
  to 
  

   May 
  ; 
  but 
  individual 
  birds 
  are 
  met 
  with 
  occasionally 
  during 
  

   the 
  cold 
  weather, 
  though 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  they 
  breed. 
  

  

  