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country at the beoinning of April ; Pearsc aud Guillemard 

 together record it in November, December, January, Feb- 

 ruary, and March ; whilst numerous specimens sent by 

 Glaszuer to Madarasz were taken in January, February, 

 March, October, and November. Mr. Baxeudale, Hors- 

 brugh, aud I obtained it in 1909 from the 9th of March to 

 tlie 5th of April; and I have sometimes noticed it myself 

 in the cold weather. It seems to arrive in October aud 

 to leave at the end of March or beginning of April. 



75. RuTiciLLA PH(ExicuRus (Liuu.). 



The Redstart was first noticed in the island by Lord 

 Lilford, who observed a few individuals in the Karpas district; 

 Pearse sent Lord Lilford two with illegible data ; Guillemard 

 obtained a male in the Karpas on April 26th, 1888 ; Glaszner 

 sent to Madarasz sixteen specimens taken in various localities 

 in March, April, September, and October. Miss Bate states 

 that she saw a few among the pine-trees on Troodos during 

 the summer, and found it common in winter in the low hills 

 north of Nicosia. 



During the summer of 1908 I repeatedly saw a pair 

 near the grounds of Government House, on Troodos, where 

 they were certainly nesting ; Mr. Jebb sent me a male 

 taken at the Acheritou reservoir in November 1908; and 

 Mr. Baxendale, Horsbrugh, and I found aud took the bird 

 in fair numbers from the 1st to the 18th of April, 1909. 

 ]\Ir. Horsbrugh saw one near Papho as late as May 18th. The 

 Redstart is no doubt in the main a visitor on the spring 

 and autumn migrations, but, like not a few other species, 

 often finds in Cyprus congenial winter-quarters, whilst a few 

 stay for the summer and nest in the mountains — habits rather 

 tvpical of birds visiting a middle-range place, such as is this 

 island, with warm lowlands and cool highlands. 



76. RuTiciLLA MEsoLEUCA Ehr. 



Ehrenberg's Redstart has not hitherto been often recorded 

 from the island. It was first noticed by Guillemard, who 

 obtained an adult male near Limassol on March 11th, 1887. 

 Glaszuer sent four examples to Madarasz captured near 



