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all, in advance of Sibtliorp's, and is apparently less accurate 

 and complete. 



In 1875, Lord Lilford visited the southern and eastern 

 coasts of Cyprus in the yacht 'Zai'a^ during the spring. Not- 

 withstanding that his stay extended only from April 14th to 

 about May 20th, and that he thus missed the winter birds, his 

 time was well spent ; and although the results of his expedi- 

 tion were not published for fourteen years (during which time 

 he had accumulated much further material), he made in 

 the short time at his disposal many interesting discoveries — 

 not unnaturally when it is remembered that he was the first 

 competent modern ornithologist to study the birds of the 

 island. He did not visit the mountains, but nevertheless 

 added to the list many species, such as La Marmora's Falcon, 

 the Red-legged Falcon, Lesser Kestrel, ISIarsh- Harrier, Barn, 

 Short-eared, and Scops Owls; the Woodchat, Redstart, 

 Stonechat, Isabelline, Russet or Black-throated, Eastern 

 Pied, aTid Hooded Chats; the Olivaceous, Reed, Savi's, Cetti's 

 Fantail, Spectacled, Palestine (then only just discovered by 

 Canon Tristram), Sardinian or Black-headed, Orphean, 

 Garden, Wood, ChiffchafF, and Bonelli's AVarbiers, and the 

 Common and Lesser Whitethroats; the Great Titmouse, Black- 

 lieaded Wagtail, Meadow-, Tree-, Red-throated, and Tawny 

 Pipits; the Sky-, Short-toed, and Wood-Larks, Cretzschmar's 

 Bunting, the Serin, the Red-rumped Swallow, the Sand- and 

 Crag-Martins, the Common and Smyrna Kingfishers, the 

 Wryneck ; he identified the " Partridge " as the Chukar ; 

 noted the Spotted and Baillon's Crakes, W^ater-Rail, Common 

 and Demoiselle Cranes, Great and Little Bustards, the Little 

 Ringed and Kentish Plovers, the Woodcock, Jack Snipe, 

 Common, Green, and Wood Sandpipers, the Spotted Red- 

 shank, Greenshauk, Little Egret, Buff-backed and Squacco 

 Herons, the Bittern, White Stork, Marbled Duck and Shag, 

 the Common, Caspian, and White-winged Black Terns, Larus 

 melunocephalus, the Slender-billed, Yellow-legged Herring-, 

 and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Puffinus yelkouanus. 



In 1878, shortly after the British occupation. Lord Lilford 

 despatched a collector to the island. This gentleman, a 



