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Aden and the Neighbourhood. 
8. Swift. ( Cypselus , sp. inc.) 
Shot near Lahej, March 16th, 1883. Its gizzard was full 
of golden-green Heteroptera. 
Swifts are seen from time to time in Aden, and are believed 
to be of the same species. 
9. Goatsucker. ( Caprimulgus , sp. inc.) 
A Goatsucker is met with now and again in Aden. It 
looks like Caprimulgus asiaticus. 
flO. Bee-eater. (Merops cyanophrys.) 
Is common inland and visits the tanks occasionally. It is 
about the size of the Indian M. viridis. 
A larger Bee-eater is to be seen occasionally in Aden; its 
note is like that of M. apiaster. It is generally seen in Aden 
after stormy weather. 
[From Muscat the British Museum has lately received 
an example of an allied but new species of Bee-eater, which I 
propose to call M. muscatensis. It has a much smaller bill 
than M. cyanophrys, and quite a different shade of blue on the 
eyebrow.—B. B. S.] 
11. Holler. (? Coracias garrula.) 
A Boiler is common inland. It is occasionally seen in 
Aden itself, and is apparently a resident. Gold Mohur 
valley, August 14, 1883; Huswah, August 5, 1883. 
Another Boiler was seen at Haith-al-him. It was of a 
light-blue colour, with elongated tail-feathers, and was pro¬ 
bably C. abyssinica. 
12. Cuckoo. ( Coccystes , sp. inc.) 
A Crested Cuckoo was continually seen in Aden from the 
15th of June to the 22nd of July, 1883, and at Huswali for 
more than a month afterwards. 
13. Crow-Pheasant. ( Centropus , sp. inc.) 
Is to be seen occasionally in thick jungle inland. 
14. Sun-bird. (? Nectarinia metallica.) 
Is to be seen at Huswah, Haith-al-him, Lahej, and other 
places inland. Those seen in the neighbourhood of Lahej in 
March 1883 had their long tail-feathers. I do not think any 
