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Aden and the Neighbourhood . 
39. Turtle-Dove. (Turtur, sp. inc.) 
A resident, breeding at the tanks and in some of the water¬ 
courses on the Shum-shum plateau. 
Three or four more kinds of Doves are to be met with 
inland, while both in Aden itself and inland also some 
Pigeons ( Columba livia) have become wild. 
+40. Long-tailed Dove. ((Ena capensis.) 
Common at Lahej all the year round, but appears to visit 
Huswah and Shaikh Othman only in the summer and autumn. 
A nest with two eggs (sent to you) was found in a low 
salsola bush at Huswah on the 9th of September, 1883. The 
bird sat so close that I tried to catch her in a butterfly-net. 
41. Sand-Grouse. (Pterocles exustus .) 
Very common inland, particularly in the month of March, 
when numbers are to be seen in the morning, about 8.30 a.m., 
going down to the streams to drink. It is called <e Uht-IJht " 
by the Arabs of the Lahej district, presumably from its note. 
+42. Lichtenstein's Sand-Grouse. ( Pterodes lichten - 
steini.) 
Found in a large flock of from eighty to one hundred 
individuals at Shulaif, near Lahej, in March 1883. Since 
that time I have only seen these birds in small flocks of four 
or five. ’ Of two, which I killed out of a flock of five near 
the head of the Bir Ahmed creek on the 16th of December, 
1884, the dimensions were as follows :— 
<$. Expanse 2P4 inches, length 11*1, wing 2'5. Crop 
full of seeds, apparently of salsola and baubul. 
$ . Expanse 18*2 inches, length 10*6, wing 2*1. Food as 
before. Ovaries small. 
Bare skin round the eyes yellow; legs light dingy yellow- 
ochre. 
+43. Black-headed Partridge. (Caccabis melanocepha^ct.) 
A large Chukor, called Ukhob " by the Arabs, is com¬ 
mon at Haith-al-him and along the road to Zaidah. It fre¬ 
quents the ravines running down to the river, at times lying 
very close in the bushes. They are found in flocks of from 
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