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

  

  having 
  apparently 
  been 
  pulled 
  out^ 
  some 
  time 
  before, 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  its 
  escape. 
  The 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  were 
  malformed^ 
  the 
  

   bird 
  having 
  most 
  likely 
  met 
  with 
  some 
  injury 
  when 
  young, 
  

   and 
  in 
  addition 
  it 
  was 
  an 
  immature 
  specimen. 
  

  

  The 
  measurements 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  14 
  inches, 
  

   wing 
  (imperfect) 
  3'5, 
  tail 
  2, 
  tarsus 
  1 
  -75, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  1-75, 
  bill 
  

   at 
  gape 
  2*25. 
  Iris 
  greenish 
  yellow 
  ; 
  bill 
  brownish 
  horny 
  on 
  

   top, 
  greenish 
  yellow 
  beneath; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  oily 
  green. 
  

  

  104. 
  Platalea 
  leucorodia, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  The 
  Spoonbill 
  only 
  occurs 
  as 
  a 
  somewhat 
  rare 
  cold- 
  weather 
  

   visitor. 
  

  

  105. 
  Ibis, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  procure 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  dark- 
  

   coloured 
  Ibis 
  observed 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury. 
  

  

  106. 
  Phcenicopterus 
  roseus, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  The 
  Flamingo 
  is 
  often 
  met 
  with 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  weather, 
  

   occurring 
  in 
  small 
  flocks 
  of 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  along 
  the 
  sea-shore. 
  

   It 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  often 
  seen 
  near 
  the 
  salt-pans. 
  

  

  107. 
  Anas 
  boschas, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  A 
  flock 
  was 
  seen, 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  season, 
  near 
  Huswah, 
  

   but 
  none 
  were 
  shot. 
  

  

  108. 
  Querquedula 
  crecca 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  109. 
  Querquedula 
  circia 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Both 
  the 
  Common 
  and 
  Blue-winged 
  Teal 
  are 
  frequently 
  

   met 
  with 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  season 
  near 
  Huswah, 
  Khor 
  Maksor 
  

   Creek, 
  Little 
  Aden, 
  and 
  other 
  places. 
  

  

  Several 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Duck 
  occur, 
  but 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  had 
  

   an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  them, 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  give 
  their 
  

   names. 
  

  

  110. 
  Podiceps 
  nigricollis, 
  Brehm. 
  

  

  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Black-necked 
  Grebe 
  ofi" 
  Seera 
  

   Island 
  on 
  the 
  2nd 
  October. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  often 
  seen 
  what 
  I 
  took 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  others, 
  but 
  

   they 
  were 
  always 
  at 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  distance 
  to 
  identify 
  with 
  any 
  

   certainty. 
  

  

  My 
  specimen, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  male, 
  measured 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  