224 Mr. F. R. S. Baxendale on the 



Charadrius geoffroyi Wagl, 



This Sand-Plover was frequenting the freshwater lake in 

 small flocks during June 1913, when I obtained two speci- 

 mens. Last summer I saw them from the middle of June 

 up to the end of July at the same place, and I shot several 

 specimens. The last specimen was obtained on the 17th 

 of July, and Mr. M. J. Nicoll, to whom I sent the skin, 

 pronounces it to be that of an immature bird. It differed 

 in plumage from the birds I shot in June, which I took 

 to be non-breeding birds, as their genital organs were not 

 well developed and their plumage non-nuptial. 



Charadrius morinellus Linn. [Eudromias morinellus.) 

 in 1909 Mr. iiucknill obtained the only recorded specimen 

 of the Dotterel in Cyprus, but the skin was badly damaged. 

 On the 9th of November, 1912, my cook saw a number of 

 these birds for sale and brought me three, but only one, 

 a female, was fit to skin. This skin, however, was eaten by 

 a cat two days afterwards. I was rather pleased to see that 

 the arsenical soap on the skin disagreed with the cat. 



Fortunately another bird was purchased in the bazaar 

 two days afterwards, also a female, and its skin is pi'operly 

 preserved. 



Hoplopterus spinosns (Linn.). 



Mr. B. J. Amirayan and I found a nest of the Spur-winged 

 Plover with five slightly incubated eggs at tlie Kouklia 

 reservoir on the 1st of June, 1913. This is the first recorded 

 instance of these eggs being procured in Cyprus, I believe. 



Last summer I saw several birds at both the reservoir 

 and the freshwater lake, but I did not find their eggs. 



Machetes pugnax (Linn.). 



These birds, which usually arrive in large numbers in 

 February and remain until about the middle of May, were 

 to be found unusually late last summer. 



I saw a flock of about thirty Reeves on the 2 1st of June 

 at the freshwater lake, and I shot two of them to be quite 

 sure of their identity. The last date on which I saw them 

 was the 3rd of July. I saw no Ruffs after the 27th of May. 



