Ein Beitrag zur Ornis Süd-Arabiens. 239 



Ob die grauen Würger von der Küste mit unserem L. buryi 



aus Yeshbum identisch sind, muss vorläufig unentschieden bleiben. 



[Arabischer Name: „seh at-tuyür" = der Scheik der Vögel.] 



Lantus nubicus Lcht. 

 63. a. <J Yeshbum, 24. Dez. 

 70. b. 9 Yeshbum, 26. Dez. 

 99. c. ? Yeshbum, 7. Jan. 



„Only in West- Yeshbum. In stomach ants and small winged- 

 insects." 



(Arabischer Name wie bei dem vorigen.) 



Lantus isabellinus Ehrbg. 



9. a— b. <3<$ Shukra, Nov. 27. 



„Littoral belt, rare. Diet: Ants, small beeties and in fact 

 most of the smaller insects." 



„This bird avoids thickly wooded country and frequents 

 sandy wastes when there is sufficient bush and scrub, probably 

 in order to command a good field of view. The same may be 

 said of the great gray shrike, which is so common on the littoral 

 belt, where this bird may be seen perched motionless for hours 

 on a small mimosa-bush under a blazing sun, watching for vagrant 

 insects, — the only representative of bird-life that is visible in 

 such a country at such an hour. All the shrikes that J have met 

 with up-country have this pecularity viz laboured flight for long 

 distances but rapid darting movements when they swoop lipon 

 their prey." 



Sylvia sylvia (L.). 



21. a. <S Plateau nächst „Bei Sunbahr", 3. Dez. 

 „Range: Littoral belt." 



Monticola cyanus (L.). 



53. a. <3 Yeshbum, 21. Dez. 

 81. b. $ Yeshbum, 31. Dez. 



„Only met with on Mankau, plateau at Yeshbum. — Diet: 

 ants and small soft-bodied insects." 



[Arabischer Name: „tayr garib" = seltsamer Vogel. Der 

 Informant mag vielleicht selbst den Namen nicht gewusst haben.] 



