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Major J. W. Yerbury on the Birds of 
six to twelve individuals, and are very strong on the wing, 
carrying away a lot of shot, A female killed on the 22nd of 
March, 1883, had her ovaries very large, and this is evidently 
the breeding-season. One was shot near Zaidah on the 30th 
December, 1884. Hume, in the ‘ Game Birds of India/ 
says that C. chukar is found near Aden, but I have never 
seen it. It is probably met with in the hills beyond Zaidah, 
a point I have never reached. 
44. Common Quail. (Coturnix dactylisonans.) 
The Common Quail is a regular cold-weather visitant, 
I fancy from October to May. Numbers are brought 
into the Aden market at times from the interior. It is not 
uncommon even in Aden itself. 
1*45. Bustard. ( Eupodotis araks.) 
The “ Balawan ” of the Arabs is fairly common round 
Lahej. I shot one at Haith-al-him on the 19th of March, 
1883. This skin was sent to Mr. Hume. Again I obtained 
some near Lahej in December 1884 and January 1885. The 
gizzard of these last specimens contained fragments of 
locusts, small ground-beetles, and ripe jowari seeds ( Sorghum 
vulgare). The ovaries of all the females were very small. It 
is a resident species. 
A Houbaraand a smaller Bustard (? Otis melanogaster) are, 
I believe, also occasionally found in the neighbourhood. 
46. Golden Plover. [Charadrius pluvialis.) 
A Golden Plover is an occasional cold-weather visitant. 
47. Thicknee. (? (Edicnemus scolopax.) 
The Stone-Plover is common in the neighbourhood during 
the cold weather. It is often seen in Aden itself. 
48. Turnstone. ( Strepsilas interpres.) 
A regular cold-weather visitant. A male, shot on the 18th 
of May, 1883, was assuming its summer plumage. 
49. Crab-Plover. (Dromas ardeola.) 
A regular visitant during the cold weather. 
