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wlio only observed one on his first visit, saw many between 

 Troodos and Papho in April 1888, but was told that it was a 

 year in which it was exceptionally abundant. Glaszner has 

 collected a few in April and May, and shewed me a female 

 obtained on October the 8th, 1905. I observed a few in 

 April and ]\Iay of 1908 and 1909; and Horsbrugh and I 

 obtained or saw about a dozen birds in 1909 from the 23rd 

 of the former to the 14th of the latter month. I never heard 

 of this species nesting in Cyprus ; but Mr. G. F. Wilson has 

 notes of its occurrence as early as August the 23rd (1903) 

 and August the 27th (1908), and has also seen it at the 

 end of September. 



350. Lanius minor Gmel. 



As Madarasz remarks, it is certainly noticeable that the 

 Lesser Grey Shrike does not appear to have been recorded 

 by anyone prior to Glaszner, in view of the fact that it is 

 by no means an uncommon visitor in spring and autumn. 

 Glaszner sent to Madarasz some twenty - two advilt and 

 immature specimens taken at Larnaca in August and 

 September, and he considers it quite abundant at that 

 season. Horsbrugh and I saw and obtained specimens in 

 several localities at the end of April and beginning of May 

 1909, but in my opinion the bird is not very common, and we 

 never saw more than three or four in a day, and not quite a 

 dozen in all. My first date was April the 24th and my last 

 May the 3rd, so it does not seem to stop long. 



352. Lanius collurio Linn. 



I cannot find any clear reference to Shrikes prior to 

 Lord Lilford, though Sibthorp in his journal states that 

 " the two species of Lanius confine themselves to the pine- 

 woods with the Black Titmouse." He does not, apparently, 

 include any Lanius in his list, and I am inclined to think 

 that he meant Loxia [vide infra, no. 495). 



Lord Lilford did not meet with the Red-backed Shrike, but 

 Pearse obtained specimens in November, while Guillemard 

 found it only in the north of the island and on Troodos, at 

 the latter place in early June. Glaszner sent a good many 



