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I shot a male in January at Morpliou ; and Horsbru<>;h 

 and I found a good many near INicosia from March the 12th 

 to April the 18th, 1909, and obtained some specimens. 



But Ilorsbrugh did not meet with it on the hills in j\Iay, 

 and, though no proper attention has yet been paid to this 

 group in the island, I am very doubtful whether any Meadow- 

 Pipits remain in Cyprus during the summer. 



315. Anthus TRiviALis (Linn.), 



The Tree-Pipit is also certainly a visitor at the spring and 

 autumn migrations. I think some individuals may remain 

 during the winter, but I do not believe that it breeds in the 

 island. Lord Lilford found it not uncommon near Larnaca in 

 the latter half of April, and Guillemard noticed it, evidently 

 in some numbers, at the beginning of May. Glaszner has 

 procured it in April, September, and October. My only 

 note of this bird in the island is of the 1st of March, 1908, 

 on which date I observed a few of what I took to be Tree- 

 I'ipits amongst the trees in the moat at Nicosia. 



317. Anthus cervinus (Pall,). 



The Red-throated Pipit is a visitor on the spring and 

 autumn migrations. Lord Lilford found it not uncommon 

 in the plains near the coast in April and May, and thought 

 it more common than A. pratensis. Guillemard noticed it 

 ill small Hocks of twenty or thirty on the marshy grounds 

 near Famagusta at the end of April. It does not seem to 

 have been met with by Glaszner ; but Horsbrugh and I took 

 one specimen on the 28th of March, 1909, and saw numbers and 

 obtained a male and female on May the 2ud, near Nicosia. 



318. Anthus spipoletta (Linn.). 



The Water- or Alpine Pipit was first noticed by Sibtliorp, 

 who caught a specimen on his vessel whilst off Cyprus on 

 April the 3rd, 1787. The species was, of course, included in 

 Unger and Kotschy^s list. Lord Lilford obtained a female 

 near Larnaca on April the 21st, 1875, in nuptial plumage, and 

 Guillemard a male in winter dress nearLimassol on January 

 the 5th, 1888. I am not aware that the bird has been obtained 



