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plumage. The nest, which with fully fledged young has 

 been found by Mr. NicoUs near Kykko Monastery, has been 

 described by him to me as of similar character to that of the 

 British Cinclus aquaticus, and the eggs will, no doubt, be 

 found typical. 



I am not competent to express any useful opinion as to 

 the propriety of Madarasz's separation of the Cypriote bird 

 as a subspecies, which that author places as intermediate 

 between C. alhicollis (\ ieill.) and C. cashmiriensis Gould. 

 The number of specimens available for examination hitherto 

 iias, I understand, been limited to about half a dozen, but 

 the series now in London should perhaps enable the matter 

 to be clearly determined. On general grounds it would 

 not be surprising to find some well-marked local charac- 

 teristics in a non-migratory insular species of such closely 

 restricted range on an island chain of hills. The bird has 

 been well known to several of the English officials for a good 

 many years, and I am credibly informed that the peasant 

 gunners will continue to shoot it for the " pot," though it is 

 now entirely protected by law at all seasons. 



42. Saxicola cenanthe (Linn.). 



The Wheatear is a common visitor on spring and autumn 

 migration. It arrives from the south about the middle or 

 towards the end of March, but, though a few individuals 

 may halt till May, all practically have left by the end of April. 

 It passes back about the end of September and in October. 

 I have no evidence of its nesting in Cyprus. 



46. Saxicola morio Hempr. & Ehr. 



Saxicola cypriaca E. F. Homeyer {?). 



I must preface my remarks on this and the succeeding 

 five species by stating that I am by no means fully capable 

 of dealing, at present, in an adequate manner with the 

 Wheatears which occur in Cyprus. The nomenclature used 

 by the earlier writers who make reference to them has 

 rendered necessary careful inquiry into the different 

 synonyms utilized. The local records relative to them are 

 very meagre, and, unfortunately, Horsbrugh was, through 



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