﻿Lieut. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Barnes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aden. 
  179 
  

  

  that 
  were 
  exactly 
  like 
  those 
  in 
  my 
  collection, 
  which 
  were 
  

   taken 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  Persian 
  Gulf. 
  A 
  dead 
  bird 
  picked 
  

   up 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  had 
  a 
  large 
  wound 
  in 
  the 
  neck 
  ; 
  it 
  had 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  been 
  struck 
  with 
  a 
  stone 
  shot 
  from 
  an 
  Arab's 
  double- 
  

   string 
  bow, 
  with 
  which 
  some 
  of 
  that 
  race 
  are 
  remarkably 
  

   expert. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  I 
  paid 
  a 
  very 
  brief 
  visit 
  to 
  Berbera, 
  where 
  I 
  met 
  

   Captain 
  INlereweather, 
  who 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  previous 
  

   month 
  he 
  had 
  landed 
  on 
  the 
  small 
  island 
  of 
  Zaila, 
  on 
  the 
  

   Somali 
  coast, 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  whole 
  ground 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  of 
  many 
  sorts 
  of 
  Gulls 
  and 
  Terns. 
  At 
  my 
  request 
  he 
  sent 
  

   a 
  boat, 
  but 
  the 
  men 
  returned 
  with 
  the 
  news 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  had 
  

   all 
  hatched 
  out. 
  

  

  123. 
  Phaethon 
  indicus, 
  Hume^. 
  

  

  A 
  Tropic-bird 
  was 
  seen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gaye, 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Tele- 
  

   graph 
  Company, 
  in 
  May 
  ; 
  he 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  long 
  tail-feathers 
  

   were 
  pure 
  white. 
  Several 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  

   at 
  different 
  times, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  frequently 
  gone 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  

   Telegraph 
  yacht 
  after 
  them, 
  but 
  have 
  never 
  had 
  the 
  good 
  

   luck 
  to 
  see 
  one. 
  

  

  124. 
  SuLA 
  FIBER 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  This 
  Booby 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  They 
  fly 
  

   very 
  low 
  over 
  the 
  water, 
  either 
  singly 
  or 
  in 
  small 
  parties 
  

   numbering 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  six 
  birds. 
  

  

  125. 
  Pelecanus 
  onocrotalus, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  This 
  Pelican 
  is 
  very 
  common, 
  frequenting 
  the 
  bays 
  near 
  

   Seera 
  Island. 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  them 
  several 
  times 
  swimming 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  native 
  craft 
  lying 
  at 
  anchor 
  off 
  Malla 
  Pier 
  and 
  

   at 
  other 
  places. 
  

  

  They 
  must 
  breed 
  not 
  very 
  far 
  away, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  seen 
  at 
  

   different 
  times 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  I 
  possess 
  an 
  egg 
  taken 
  in 
  

   Persia. 
  

  

  126. 
  Phalacrocorax, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  The 
  Brown 
  Cormorant 
  alluded 
  to 
  by 
  Major 
  Yerbury 
  is 
  

   very 
  common 
  and 
  a 
  specimen 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  * 
  [Cy. 
  Hume, 
  ' 
  Stray 
  Feathers,' 
  x. 
  p. 
  146.— 
  Ed.] 
  

  

  