4 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



September 1908 I found this species, at times, common on 

 Troodos, but saw none after the end of the last-named month. 



It arrives early and a few, no doubt, stay in or strangle to 

 the island in winter, Guillemard having observed a solitary 

 specimen in December. The bulk appear, I think, in March, 

 though Mr. Nicolls reported a flock at the sea- coast near 

 Episcopi (Limassol district) on the 5th of February this year 

 (1909). The first seen by Horsbrugh were on April the 8th 

 at the Kouklia reservoir, and afterwards, in early June, he 

 noticed a fair number on the southern range. Mr. Baxendale 

 came across a large colony this year at the end of May nesting 

 on some cliffs at Amargeti in the Papho district. 



1 have never seen it close to Nicosia. 



400. Cotile riparia (Linn.). 



Lord Lilford states that the Sand-Martin, which was 

 observed in April and May, but regarded by him as not 

 common in any part of the island which he visited, was 

 included in Unger and Kotschy's list : but this is a mistake. 



Midler mentions an adult male taken in spring; Guillemard, 

 who did not obtain specimens, also, according to Lord Lilford, 

 noticed this species, but, apparently, makes no mention of 

 it in his ' Ibis ' articles. Glaszner does not appear to have 

 sent Madarasz auy specimens. Horsbrugh observed a con- 

 siderable number during his visit — the first being seen at 

 Acheriton reservoir on March the 23rd ; four days later it 

 occurred there in some numbers, and on April the 7th, 8th, 

 and 9th in abundance; Mr. Baxendale first noticed it at 

 Papho on March the 29th; and the latest note of its presence 

 of which I have any record is on May the 25th near the same 

 place. The Sand-Martin may perhaps nest in some suitable 

 localities, but I do not know of any definite record of its 

 having done so. In any case it is not a very abundant 

 visitor on the spring and autumn migrations. 



402. Cotile rupestris Scop. 



The Crag-Martin was first recorded by Lord Lilford, who 

 saw it once only, in small numbers in the Karpas district. 

 Guillemard found it nesting at the end of March near the 



