602 Mr. J. A. Buckuill on the 



in a few places in the island are thoroughly explored by a 

 competent ornithologist in May, very little can be said with 

 certainty as to the status of quite a number of birds which 

 have hitherto been only casually reported. 



194. Cettia cettii (Marm.). 



Cettia sericea (Temm.), B. O. U. List^ p. 22. 



Lord Lilford heard Cetti's Warbler once near Limassol 

 during his visit; Pearse obtained one example on November 

 the 11th, 1878, and Guillemard another at Lefka (not far 

 from the sea) on May the 23rd, 1887. 



These are the only local records with which I am 

 acquainted. 



199. CisTicoLA cuRsiTANs (Franklin). 



Lord Lilford considered the Fantail Warbler to be common 

 in the wheat-lands bordering the marshes ; Guillemard 

 found it abundant, in the early part of April 1887, near the 

 Larnaca salt -lake ; and Glaszner sent a specimen, taken near 

 Larnaca on October the 19th, 1901, to Madarasz. I have on 

 several occasions in April seen a few in the close vicinity of 

 Nicosia, and Mr. Baxendale and Horsbrugh found the bird 

 fairly common in the Papho district from the 6th to the 25th 

 of May, 1909. Its precise status in the island I have not yet 

 been able to determine, but I suspect that it is a resident. 



232. Parus major Linn. 



The Great Titmouse is a common resident. It was first 

 noticed by Lord Lilford, and Miiller mentions clutches of 

 eggs taken on April the 23rd and May the 17th. Guillemard 

 found it extremely common and generally distributed ; while 

 Glaszner sent a large series to Madarasz, taken in various 

 localities in every month of the year except July and De- 

 cember, and has obtained fledglings in April, May, and June. 



To this I have little to add. I have had this bird in my 

 garden at Nicosia from October to June and have seen it 

 wherever I have been in the island. At Nicosia, young on the 

 wing were noticed by me on'Aprii the 27th, 1909 ; Horsbrugh 



