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Show 166 MFSSRS. SCLATER AND HARTLAUB ON [Jail. 18, As yet the party had not seen much of the southern parts of the island ; so on March 22nd they left Hadibu on their last excursion. Crossing the Haggier range, they emerged upon the southern shore at Nogad, traversed the coast-line for some distance, and then re-crossed the island, so as to come down upon Kadhab village on the north side. They regained Hadibu on the 27th inst., and left for Aden on March 28th'1. The collection contains 124 examples in skin, and two in spirit. They are referable to 36 species, belonging to the following nine Orders :- Ex. Sp. Ex. Sp. i. Passeres 83 17 vi. Columbse 16 2 ii. Picariae 2 1 vii. Gallinse .... 1 1 iii. Accipitres.... 3 3 viii. Limicolse.... 11 7 iv. Herodiones . . 2 2 ix. Gaviae 4 2 v. Anseres 4 1 Of these, seven of the Passeres appear to be new species. i. PASSERES. 1. CISTICOLA INCANA, sp. nov. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) Supra tola pallide et obsolete grisescenti-fusca, immaculata; alis totis dorso concoloribus ; pileo vix conspicue rufescente; subtus albida, cinerascenti lavata; loris albidis; subalaribus et sub-caudalibus albis; maxilla fusca, mandibula pallida, hvjus apice fuscescente; rectricibus intermediis dorso concoloribus, latera-lium parte apicali obscuriore, albido bimaculata ; pedibuspallidis. Long, tota 4'4, ala? 1-8, cauda? 1-8, tarsi 0-9 {poll. Angl.). Of this little Cisticola there are three adult male specimens, all alike in colour, and two nestlings. The beak is long, very straight, slender and much compressed in the apical portion. "Wings short, obtuse, and weak. Feet rather large. This is apparently an unde-scribed species. "Found on the higher grassy plains. Note a sharp 'tit,,\- 7. B. B. 2. DRYMffiCA H-ESITATA, Sp. nOV. Supra nota?i plumis fuscis, late pallidius marginatis, uropygio subru-fescente; subtus pallide fusco-cinerascens immaculata ; subalaribus et subcaudalibus sordide isabellinis ; cauda gradata, rectricibus fuscis, sub certa lucefasciolatis, ante apicem pallidum late et obscure fusco adumbratis ; rostro fuscescente, mandibula pallidiore; pedibus carneo-pallidis. Long, tota 4*0, ala? 19, cauda? 1-6, tarsi 0'7. This little Drymceca (with ten rectrices), of which there is but one specimen in the collection, is so very like the well-known D. mada-gascariensis, that at first sight we considered it to be identical. But 1 See the Eeport of the Socotran Committee in Eep. Brit. Assoc. 1880, p. 212. |