166 MESSRS. SCLATER AND HARTLAUB ON [Jan. 18, 



A.S yet the party had not seen much of the southern parts of the 

 island ; so on March 22ud they left Hadibu on their last excursion. 

 Crossing the Ilaggier range, they emerged upon the southern shore 

 at Nogad, traversed the coast-line for some distance, and then re- 

 crossed the island, so as to come down upon Kadhab village on the 

 north side. They regained Hadibu on the 27th inst., and left for 

 Aden on March 28th''. 



The collection contains 124 examples in skin, and two in spirit. 

 They are referable to 36 species, belonging to the following nine 

 Orders : — 



Ex. 



i. Passeres 83 



ii. Picariae 2 



iii. Accipitres .... 3 



iv. Herodiones . . 2 



V. Anseres 4 



Of these, seven of the Passeres appear to be new species. 



i. PASSERES. 



1. CiSTicoLA iNCANA, sp. uov. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) 



Supra tola pallide et obsolete grisescend-fusca, immaculata; alis 



totis dorso concoloribus ; jnleo vix conspicue rufescente ; subtus 



albidtt, cinerascenti lavata ; loris albidis ; subalaribus et sub- 



caudalibns albis ; maxilla fusca, mandibula pallida, hvjus apice 



ftiscescente ; rectricibus intermediis dorso concoloribus, latera- 



lium parte apicali obscuriore, albido bimaculata ; pedibuspallidis. 



Long, tola 4*4, alee IS, caudce 1'8, tarsi 0"9 {poll. AngL). 



Of this little Cisticola there are three adult male specimens, all 



alike in colour, and two nesthngs. The beak is long, very straight, 



slender and much compressed in the apical portion. Wings short, 



obtuse, and weak. Feet rather large. This is apparently an unde- 



scribed species. 



"Found on the higher grassy plains. Note a sharp 'tit'". — ■ 

 J. B. B. 



2. Drym(eca h-esitata, sp. nov. 



Supra notai plumis fuscis, late pallidius marginatis, uropygio subru- 

 fesccnte ; subtus jmllide fusco-cinerascens immaculata ; subala- 

 ribus et subcaudalibus sordide isabellinis ; cauda gradata, rec- 

 tricibus fuscis, sub certa luce fasciolatis, ante apicem jJalliduin 

 late et obscure fusco adumbratis ; rostro fuscescente, mandibula 

 pallidiore ; pedibus carneo-pallidis. Long, tola 4'0, alee 1"9, 

 caudcB 1 '6, tarsi 0*7. 



This little Drymceca (with ten rectrices), of which there is but one 

 specimen in the collection, is so very like the well-known B. mada- 

 gascariensis, that at first sight we considered it to be identical. But 



' See the Eeport of tbe Socotran Committee in Eep. Brit. Assoc. 1880, 

 p, 212, 



