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rvecd-Biniting, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Teal, and Tufted Duek. 

 lie also records the eggs of many interesting species wliicli bad 

 not previously been noticed nesting in the island, amongst 

 tbem being the Iled-leggcd Falcon, Great Spotted Cuckoo, 

 Kced- Warbler, Quail, and Yellow-legged Herring-Gull. 



In the 'Zeitschrift fiir die gesammte Ornithologie,' i. p. 397 

 (1884), E. F. von Homeyer described as Saxicola a/priaca a 

 form of Saxicola rnorio found in Cyprus. 



In 1887, Dr. F. H. II. Guillemard visited Cyprus under 

 the auspices of Lord Lilford, and made a somewhat extensive 

 tour of the island. He stayed there from Feb. 22nd till 

 June 30th and formed a considerable collection of birds and 

 eggs. Dr. Guillemard paid a second visit from Nov. 30th, 

 1887, to the beginning of June, 1888, during which period 

 he largely increased his former acquisitions. 



Accounts of these two journeys were published by him in 

 two papers in 'The Ibis' — the first, entitled " Ornithological 

 Notes of a Tour in Cyprus in 1887,'" appearing in Jan. 1888, 

 and the second, " Cyprus and its Birds in 1888/' in April 

 1889. 



Guillemard's work on these two expeditions was of the 

 utmost importance, as, besides obtaining examples of the 

 majority of species hitherto locally recorded, he added to 

 the list many others not or only doubtfully identified before. 

 Amongst these may be mentioned the Black Vulture, the 

 Imperial and Bonelli's Eagles, the Masked Shrike, a Dipper 

 (which he did not secure), the Palestine Bulbul, the Mistletoe- 

 Thrush, White-spotted Bluethroat, Ehrenberg's Redstart, 

 Whinchat, Sedge -Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Riippeirs 

 Warbler, Wren, Tree-creeper, Reed -Bunting, Chaffinch, 

 Hawfinch, and Greenfinch ; he discovered, or perhaps re- 

 discovered, the Crossbill; he also found Siurnus purpuras cens, 

 the Pallid Swift, Pied Kingfisher, Little Crake, jfEgialitis 

 geoffroyi, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Bittern, Mute Swan, 

 Ruddy and Common Sheldrakes, the Gadwall, Shoveler, 

 Pintail, Wigeon, Pochard, and White-eyed Duck, the Scoter, 

 Pelicans (both Pelecanus crispus and P. onocrotalus), the 

 Black Tern, Little Gull, and Little Grebe. 



