Ornithology of Cyprus. 2 1 



bunch of Song-Thrushes that had been caught on bird-lime 

 and were being hawked round for sale. 



This, I believe, is the second recorded instance of a Red- 

 wing being obtained in the island. 



Monticola solitarius (Linn.). 



On the 4th of May, 1913, 1 found a nest of the Blue Rock- 

 Thrush containing four highly incubated eggs. The nest was 

 in a hole in one of the rooms of the ruins of Kantara Castle, 

 which is situated on the northern range of hills. 



This year I got a clutch of four fresh eggs from the same 

 ruin. 



Luscinia svecica cyanecula (Wolf). [Cyanecula ivolfi.) 

 I shot a mule White-spotted Bluethroat at the fresh- 

 water lake in March 1913. This is the first and only one 

 that I have seen, and the species has not been recorded from 

 Cyprus since 1901. 



The red-spotted bird I have seen on a number of occasions 

 and have obtained specimens. 



Sylvia melanothorax Tristram. 



The Palestine W^arbler is quite a common bird throughout 

 the Karpas or northern range of hills during the summer 

 months, and it can be found all through the winter in the 

 scrub near the coast. 



I procured a nest with four fresh eggs in May 1913. It 

 was placed on the ground under a bush, and was principally 

 composed of loose strips of Juniper-bark. Last spring I 

 obtained another nest containing three eggs. The nest was 

 said to be placed low down in a gorse-bush and was made 

 of stiffer materials than the first one that I procured, 

 though a good deal of juniper-bark was used in its construc- 

 tion ; and a third nest, also containing three eggs, was brought 

 to me in September which was said to have been taken at the 

 end of August. The eggs were not incubated, but appeared 

 to be stale. As I have seen young birds flying about with 

 their parents as early as the 17th of MaV; it is probable that 

 these birds nest twice in the year. 



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