586 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



tlie same mountains, Miss Bate^ about the same date, 

 observed others, and during the winter noticed the species 

 in many different places in the range. 



It would therefore appear that the bird is, at any rate, a 

 partial resident; but I expect, in the main, it is a migratory 

 visitor, an occasional pair nesting in likely spots, and a few 

 halting to stay for the winter on their southerly movement. 

 It was not met with by Lord Lilford, somewhat to his 

 surprise, but he apparently did not visit those higher parts 

 of the mountains where Miss Bate observed it with such 

 frequency. 



29. CiNCLUs MELAKOGASTER Brchm. 



Cinclus olympicus Madarasz. 



The presence of a Cinclus in Cyprus was first recorded by 

 Guillemard, who, in May 1887, observed, but did not obtain 

 or identify, a bird of this genus near Kalopanayiotis, about 

 4000 feet above sea-level in the Troodos range. He also 

 mentions having noticed "the Dipper'^ on the summit of 

 Troodos in June of the same year. The actual discovery of 

 the local form of the Black-bellied Dipper is due to Glaszner, 

 who sent two examples to Madarasz, one taken on October the 

 3rd, 1902, and the second on January the 4th, 1904, both on 

 the southern mountains. Since that date, so Glaszner informs 

 me, he has obtained two or three more. I observed this bird 

 on several occasions in the summers of 1907 and 1908 on the 

 little rocky streams near the camp on the Troodos heights; 

 and Mr. Horsbrugh, on his visit to that range in May and 

 June of 1909, found the species tolerably common in 

 suitable localities, and obtained a nice series of both adult 

 and juvenile specimens, most of which are now at the 

 Natural History Museum, South Kensington, 



This Dipper is a resident, but is far from abundant, 

 being confined to those high portions of the southern chain 

 where, amongst the small stones and perpetually running 

 brooks, it can find a satisfactory home. It appears to be 

 more common than elsewhere on the very highest slopes of 

 the range. It must nest early in the year, as at the end of 

 May the young are in full though, of course, juvenile 



