﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  175 
  

  

  Length 
  12 
  inches, 
  expanse 
  24'5, 
  wing 
  5*3, 
  tarsus 
  \'Qi), 
  bill 
  at 
  

   front 
  0*9, 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  1*2. 
  Bill 
  slaty 
  blue, 
  bluish 
  beneath; 
  

   legs 
  and 
  feet 
  outwardly 
  black, 
  in\\ardly 
  a 
  peculiar 
  leaden 
  

   blue 
  or 
  greenish, 
  dusky 
  at 
  joints. 
  

  

  111. 
  PuFFiNUs 
  PERSicus, 
  Hume. 
  

  

  This 
  Shearwater 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Aden 
  ; 
  

   it 
  is, 
  however, 
  rather 
  difficult 
  to 
  procure, 
  keeping, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   well 
  out 
  to 
  sea. 
  The 
  first 
  specimen 
  I 
  obtained, 
  after 
  surviving 
  

   a 
  chapter 
  of 
  accidents, 
  mysteriously 
  disappeared. 
  I 
  had 
  placed 
  

   it 
  on 
  a 
  low 
  wall 
  to 
  dry 
  with 
  several 
  other 
  skins, 
  and 
  never 
  saw 
  

   it 
  afterwards 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  most 
  probably 
  carried 
  off 
  by 
  a 
  Kite. 
  

  

  Another 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  my 
  eight-year-old 
  son, 
  floating 
  dead 
  

   in 
  the 
  sea, 
  in 
  Holket 
  Bay. 
  He 
  recognized 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  bird 
  his 
  

   father 
  was 
  so 
  sorry 
  at 
  losing, 
  and 
  brought 
  it 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  were 
  its 
  dimensions 
  : 
  — 
  Length 
  11*2 
  inches, 
  

   expanse 
  26"5, 
  wing 
  8'6, 
  tail 
  3, 
  tarsus 
  1"4, 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  1*2, 
  

   bill 
  at 
  gape 
  1"6. 
  Bill 
  plumbeous 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  pearly 
  

   or 
  opalescent 
  white, 
  claws 
  and 
  web 
  between 
  toes 
  black. 
  

  

  I 
  feel 
  sure 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  passengers 
  on 
  

   board 
  vessels 
  sailing 
  in 
  these 
  seas 
  as 
  " 
  Mother 
  Carey's 
  

   Chickens 
  " 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  112. 
  Larus, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  I 
  failed 
  to 
  procure 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Black-backed 
  Gull 
  

   alluded 
  to 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury, 
  although 
  I 
  have 
  occasionally 
  

   seen 
  it. 
  

  

  113. 
  Larus 
  ichthyaetus, 
  Pall. 
  

  

  The 
  Great 
  Black-headed 
  Gull 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon, 
  but 
  does 
  

   not 
  occur 
  in 
  such 
  large 
  flocks 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  do. 
  

   It 
  disappears 
  during 
  the 
  hot 
  season, 
  probably 
  for 
  breeding 
  

   purposes 
  only, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  absent 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  

  

  114. 
  Larus 
  brunneicephalus, 
  Jerd. 
  

  

  The 
  Brown-headed 
  Gull 
  is 
  fairly 
  numerous. 
  One 
  caught 
  

   on 
  the 
  25th 
  January 
  became 
  quite 
  tame 
  in 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  days, 
  

   and 
  would 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  capital 
  pet, 
  only 
  the 
  dogs 
  could 
  not 
  

   be 
  induced 
  to 
  let 
  it 
  alone 
  ; 
  they 
  worried 
  it 
  so 
  much 
  that 
  at 
  

   last 
  I 
  was 
  compelled 
  to 
  make 
  away 
  with 
  it. 
  Its 
  wings 
  having 
  

   been 
  clipped, 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  keep 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  way. 
  

  

  