Ornilhuloffy of Cy/>rus. 599 



numbers in the Botanical Gardens in company with many 

 other small Warblers^ most of which I was unable to 

 identify. 



137. Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.). 



The Wood- Wren appears to be a spring and autumn visitor, 

 but a few individuals probably stay during the winter. Lord 

 Lilford found it common in April and May in the gardens 

 and fruit-orchards. Guilleraard observed a few in mid-April 

 near Famagusta and appears to have obtained examples ; 

 Glaszner sent Madarasz a male taken near Larnaca on May 

 the 6th, 1901. I have never heard this species in Cyprus, but 

 I saw a few examples near Nicosia on April the 14th, 1909. 

 On the 29th of November, 1908, I caught in my house a 

 live male. 



138. Phylloscopus bonellii (Vieill.). 



Bonelli's Warbler was found by Lord Lilford not un- 

 common in April and May in gardens and on the lower 

 slopes of the hills in the Karpas district. Guillemard does 

 not mention the species in his articles, but a])parently 

 obtained specimens. Glaszner sent two to Madarasz taken 

 at Larnaca in April and July. Madarasz thinks that Lord 

 Lilford is wrong in expressing the opinion that the ChifFchaff 

 nests in Cyprus, and considers that Bonelli's Warbler is 

 really the species concerning the breeding of which Lord 

 Lilford had received information. However, Bonelli's 

 W^arbler is evidently a spring and autumn migrant in any case. 



139. Phylloscopus collybita (Vieill.) 



Tlie Chiffchaff is a common visitor on the spring and 

 autumn migrations and a good many remain throughout the 

 winter. Although Lord Lilford states that he had reason to 

 believe that it breeds in Cyprus, I have no definite evidence 

 of its doing so. 



Lord Lilford found it very abundant on the vernal migra- 

 tion ; Guillemard noticed a small party on January the 5th, 

 and secured one of them, and he obtained the first spring 

 arrivals on the 8th of March ; Glaszner sent Madarasz 

 specimens taken in January^ February, March, and October. 



