Ornithology of Cyprus. 5 



ruins of Kantara Castle on the northern range, and also 

 under the eaves of the High Commissioner's house on 

 Troodos in the middle of April ; he obtained specimens. 

 Glaszner sent some to Madarasz taken on Troodos in June 

 and September. 



The Crag-Martin is, I think, not a resident, though 

 there is some local difference of opinion on this point. 

 In the first half of February 1909 I saw considerable 

 numbers on the sea coast, near Papho, which, I thought, 

 had just arrived; I next observed a few at BufFarento on 

 the Kyrenia Mountains in mid-March ; Mr. Nicolls found 

 the bird nesting on Troodos in early May ; Horsbrugh saw 

 a fair number and obtained several in the southern range 

 from mid-May till early June, and discovered on Troodos 

 several nests with young or without eggs and obtained one 

 addled egg during that period. In early July of 1908 I 

 found nests on Troodos with well advanced fledglings, all 

 of which had flown by the 12th of August ; while the last 

 date on which I observed the birds there that year was 

 September the 30th. 



Personally I think that this Martin is only a summer 

 visitor to Cyprus and very local in its distribution, arriving 

 normally about the third week in March and leaving when 

 cold weather drives it back to North Africa again, about the 

 beginning of October. So far as I am aware its only 

 breeding places are amongst the heights of both the moun- 

 tain ranges. 



404. Carduelis elegans Steph. 



The Goldfinch is a very abundant and common resident 

 all over the island. It was included by Sibthorp in his 

 list. It is a familiar cage-bird in the bazaars. 



Horsbrugh and I found highly incubated eggs in the 

 plains as early as March the 23rd, and fully fledged young at 

 the end of April, but it breeds right away from the former 

 date until May, and Horsbrugh saw young still in the nest 

 as late as the 16th of that month. 



Cyprus Goldfinches vary somewhat in size and brightness 

 of colour, some specimens being very brilliant. 



