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



half of the whole length, and almost as much in the second ; in the 

 two following this black portion is much smaller and of equal length. 

 All this is widely different in A. blythi. Another difference between 

 the two Amydri of Socotra is a structural one : in A. blythi the tail 

 is cuneate, the median rectrices being much elongated ; in A. f rater 

 it is a little rounded and much shorter. 



Only one specimen, an adult male, shot on February 28th. Prof. 

 Balfour did not distinguish this bird from A. blythi. 



16. CoRvus uMBRiNUS, Hcdcnb. 



Corviis iimbrinus, Heuglin, Orn. N.A. ii. p. 505. 



Two examples. 



"About the centre of the island, common. None about Gollonsir 

 or at the extreme east. Very fearless, and not particular as to the 

 nature of the carrion. The Vultures always yield to them. Nom. 

 vulg. 'ASdip.'"— /. 5. i?. 



17. Pyrrhulauda melanauchen (Cab.). 

 Coraphites melanauchen, Heugl. Orn. N.A. ii. p. 672. 



Five males and four females of this Abyssinian species, which 

 extends far into Western Asia, and was obtained by ]\Ir. Blanford in 

 Scinde in January 1876. 



"Verv common on the low-lying plains on both sides of the 

 island. 'lias a long wailing note, 'which one hears at daybreak, and 

 the last sound at sunset."—/. B. B. 



ii. PICA RLE. 



18. Centropus suPERCiLiosiis, H. et Ehr. 

 Centropus superciliosus, Heugl. Orn. N.A. ii. p. 797. 

 A pair of this species. 



" By 110 means common. One bird shot by Cockbnrn on the 

 limestone plain around Hadibu, close to the stream, sitting on top 

 of a date-palm ; the other I obtained on the bank of a stream 

 between the Hadibu plain and Delishi, just at the back of Ras 

 Haulaf. The bird was in the water when I came up ; 1 did not see 

 any except the two specimens." — I. B. B. 



iii. ACCIPITRES. 



19. Neophron PERCNOPTERTJs (Linn.). 

 "Everywhere on the island." — J. B. B. 



20. Falco peregrinus, Tunst. 



" By no means common. I only saw three individuals — one on 

 the granite hills near the village of Kismaha, another near the 

 eastern extremity of the island, and a third (the one skinned) from 

 the granite hills above Hadibu." — /. B. B. 



