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in N. Africa and Arabia, had landed at Hodeida, on the 

 Red Sea coast, and had succeeded in penetrating to the 

 mountains of the interior of Yemen, where he had formed a 

 considerable collection of birds round Menacha and Hajeilah, 

 at elevations of from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. Mr. Bury had 

 experienced considerable difficulty in carrying out this 

 interesting exploration, and Mr. Fagan thought he was to be 

 highly congratulated on the success of his undertaking. 



Mr. Ogilvje-Grant said that he had always suspected 

 that the high mountain-ranges of Yemen would yield many 

 interesting forms of birds, and this supposition had been fully 

 borne out, as would be seen by the results attained. He 

 then exhibited and described examples of the following new 

 species, which had been procured by Mr. G. W. Bury : — 



TURDUS MENACHENSIS, Sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above, including the crown 

 and sides of the head, greyish olive-brown ; ear-coverts 

 rather browner; chin and throat whitish, the latter more or 

 less washed with buff, each feather with a broad blackish 

 shaft-stripe giving these parts a heavily streaked appearance ; 

 chest greyer than the upperparts, with dark shaft-streaks; 

 breast greyish, inclining to white on the belly ; flanks 

 washed with rusty ; under tail-coverts whitish, with a broad 

 brownish submarginal band. Quills and tail-feathers 

 blackish ; the outer webs of the secondaries, outer margins 

 of the primaries, middle tail-feathers, and outer webs of 

 the outer pairs greyish olive- brown, slightly paler than the 

 back ; under wing-coverts and axillaries bright rust-red. 

 Iris pale brown; bill chrome-yellow; bare orbital skin 

 umber-brown ; gape and feet chrome-yellow. Total length 

 in the flesh 270 mm. ; wing 127 ; tail 115 ; tarsus 32. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male, but rather 

 smaller. Wing 115 mm.; tail 110. 



Hab. Yemen. 



Types in the British Museum : S • No. 83. 28. xii. 12 ; 

 ? . No. 127. 3. i. 13. Menacha, 7000-8000 ft. G. W. Bury 

 coll. 



