﻿observed 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Africa. 
  233 
  

  

  Dromas 
  ardeola. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  curious 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  shallow 
  water 
  on 
  

   the 
  shore 
  at 
  Aden^ 
  and 
  took 
  them 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  for 
  Gulls, 
  

   which 
  they 
  certainly 
  resemble, 
  thou^jh 
  the 
  long 
  legs 
  and 
  

   quicker 
  flight 
  point 
  out 
  at 
  once 
  their 
  Limicoline 
  affinities. 
  

  

  LaRUS 
  HEMPRICHI. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  and 
  tame 
  at 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea, 
  

   especially 
  at 
  Aden, 
  where, 
  however, 
  I 
  found 
  them 
  less 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  on 
  the 
  return 
  journey, 
  while 
  the 
  Kites 
  Avere 
  more 
  so. 
  

   These 
  Gulls 
  more 
  than 
  once 
  alighted 
  on 
  the 
  ship. 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  pomarinus. 
  

  

  Numbers 
  of 
  these 
  Skuas 
  appeared 
  when 
  we 
  had 
  passed 
  

   through 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Gibraltar 
  on 
  October 
  6th, 
  and 
  we 
  saw 
  

   them 
  for 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two. 
  They 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  difficult 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   tinguish 
  from 
  the 
  Shearwaters 
  [Pvffinus 
  kuldi 
  ?), 
  being 
  mostly 
  

   in 
  immature 
  plumage. 
  In 
  their 
  flight, 
  however, 
  they 
  dif- 
  

   fered 
  much 
  from 
  the 
  sailing 
  Shearwaters, 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  lesser 
  

   extent 
  from 
  the 
  Gulls, 
  being 
  heavier 
  and 
  more 
  Crow-like 
  on 
  

   the 
  wing, 
  and 
  this 
  difference 
  was 
  especially 
  apparent 
  when 
  

   they 
  stooped 
  on 
  food 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  Ph(exicopterus 
  antiquorum. 
  

  

  Seen 
  from 
  the 
  ship 
  in 
  the 
  Suez 
  Canal, 
  in 
  flight 
  tliis 
  bird 
  

   is 
  certainly 
  quite 
  Anserine. 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  a 
  cartful 
  of 
  

   living 
  birds 
  was 
  on 
  sale 
  at 
  10 
  shillings 
  each 
  at 
  Port 
  Said, 
  

   on 
  the 
  return 
  journey 
  ; 
  but 
  though 
  I 
  was 
  ashore 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   and 
  looking 
  out 
  for 
  birds, 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  

   meet 
  with 
  these. 
  From 
  the 
  birds 
  I 
  saw 
  I 
  should 
  consider 
  

   Port 
  Said 
  a 
  very 
  excellent 
  place 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  pick 
  up 
  good 
  

   living 
  specimens, 
  since 
  one 
  meets 
  with 
  cage-birds 
  there 
  from 
  

   many 
  different 
  localities. 
  

  

  ^ 
  LiMNOCORAX 
  NIGER. 
  

  

  Four 
  of 
  these 
  beautiful 
  little 
  Gallinules 
  were 
  among 
  the 
  

   animals 
  put 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  'Malda^ 
  by 
  General 
  Mathews. 
  

   They 
  were 
  extremely 
  tame 
  in 
  the 
  cage, 
  but 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  

   become 
  shy 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  Aviary. 
  They 
  fed 
  readily 
  on 
  

   minced 
  raw 
  meat, 
  soaked 
  biscuit, 
  dari, 
  and 
  hemj)-seed, 
  and 
  

  

  