G04 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



to Sibthorp, -who stot it on Troodos in 1787. Its name 

 appears, of course, in Unger and Kotschy's list. Lord 

 Lilford did not visit its haunts, but received specimens from 

 Pearse — from the southern range, — which were then, as up 

 to Guillemard^s visit was the case, only regarded as P. ater 

 or a dark form of that species. In 1887 and 1888, however, 

 Guillemard obtained a considerable number of specimens, 

 from which, in the former year. Dresser described the bird as 

 P. Cypriotes. Glaszner sent to Madarasz alone two hundred 

 examples and took nests and eggs. It is a resident, confined to 

 the eoniferous-tree-bearing areas of the southern mountains, 

 and seldom met with except at a considerable elevation. To 

 this I have little to add. I observed it frequently in the 

 summer on Troodos, and Horsbrugh obtained specimens quite 

 low down in the forest between Karavastasi and Kambos and 

 found two nests at the latter place {circa 3200 feet) in early 

 May 1909 ; higher up he found another with unfledged young 

 on the 11th of May, while he saw and obtained specimens 

 and found a fourth nest in early June on the summit. His 

 first nest was discovered in a hole in a mulberry-tree close 

 to the ground ; the second in a cavity in a caroub-tree about 

 fifteen feet up ; the third in a hole in a bank behind a hut ; 

 of the fourth I have no particulars. Such eggs as I have 

 examined do not appear to me to differ from those of P. ater. 

 The bird's note seems very much feebler than that of its 

 English relative. 



260. Parus c^ruleus Linn. 



The only record of the Blue Titmouse appears to be that 

 of Guillemard, who observed a single specimen in the first 

 week of March 1887, in the Larnaea district. 



286. SiTTA SYRiACA Ehr. (?). 



Unger and Kotschy place the Rock-Nuthatch under this 

 name in their list, but on what authority I do not know. 

 No one since has been able to verify their record. 



The form Sitta neumayeri Michah., is, I should imagine, 

 more likely to wander to the island than any other Sitta. 



