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1912, I obtained a male specimen shot at Kouklia reservoir 

 out of a small flock. 



A pair frequented the freshwater lake last summer until 

 the 2nd of August, when the lake dried up. I do not think 

 that they nested there, as the birds were always to be seen 

 together, and there was no suitable nesting-site for them. 



Marmaronetta angustirostris (Menetr.). 



On the 24th of May last I was shown the nest of a 

 Marbled Duck, which had been found by some labourers 

 who had been cutting drains on the edge of the freshwater 

 lake. There were ten fresh eggs. The labourers, who had 

 seen the duck leave the nest, described the bird to me as 

 very light-coloured. 



The Rev. f . C. R. Jourdain has identified the down from 

 the nest as that of the Marbled Duck. 



Colymbus nigricoUis (Brehm). [Podiceps nigricollis.) 



For several years we have felt certain that the Eared 

 Grebe nested in the Kouklia reservoir, as numbers were to 

 be seen there all the year round. 



On the 1st of June, 1913, 1 found a colony of these birds 

 nesting in this reservoir. There were no less than eighteen 

 nests close together. I recorded this in the October issue 

 of this Journal in that year. 



Last summer, at the same place, I found twelve nests 

 with eggs in them and other nests ready for eggs. 



It is now established that the three species of Grebes 

 which are found in Cyprus have become resident. 



Mr. Bucknill has previously recorded in this Journal that 

 the Great Crested and Eared Grebes were only observed 

 after the Kouklia reservoir was constructed. The Little 

 Grebe was the only member of this family noticed in the 

 island previously. 



Glareola pratincola (Linn.). 



On the 14th of June, 1913, Mr. B. J. Amirayan and I 

 found five nests containing eggs of the Pratincole at the 

 freshwater lake. There is no record of their having nested 

 in Cyprus before. 



