226 On the Ornithology of Cyprus. 



I saw about a dozen nests at the reservoir in one place on 

 the 31st of May last, and two or three weeks later, when 

 suitable nesting-sites appeared above the water in the lake, 

 I saw a number o£ nests. ]\Iost of the nests at the latter 

 place were robbed, and I saw no young birds when I counted 

 later a flock there consisting of over ninety birds. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Temm.). 



There was a flock of about twenty White- winged Black 

 Terns frequenting the lake from May, until after the 17th 

 of July. Several of these birds were in immature plumage. 



Sterna nilotica Gra. (Sterna anfflica.) 



For the past three years I have observed the Gull-billed 

 Tern at the time of the spring migration. The first date 

 was the 24th of May, 1912, when I shot a specimen at 

 Kouklia reservoir. In 1913 I shot one of a pair on the 

 7th of June at the freshwater lake, and on the 28th of June 

 last I saw a pair at the same place. 



Lariis gelastes Thienem. 



On the 13th of June last I shot one of a pair of Slender- 

 billed Gulls at the lake. A fortnight later I saw a single 

 bird, and on the 9th of July I saw three at the same place. 

 I was hoping that they would nest, but I did not see them 

 again. 



There is no record of this Gull having been previously 

 obtained in Cyprus. 



Larus marinns Linn. 



At the freshwater lake on the 31st of May, 1913, I saw a 

 bird which was undoubtedly a Great Black-backed Gull, 

 and a week later I saw a bird which was probably the same 

 species. It was very wary, and I could not approach near 

 enough to shoot at it with any hope of success. 



Houbara nndnlata macqueenii (Gray & Hardw.). 



On the 9th of November, 1912, a male specimen of this 

 Bustard was brought to me. It was alone when shot, near 

 the village of Enkome, some five miles from Famagusta. 



