6 Mr. J.' A. Bucknill on the 



407. Chrysomitris spinus (Linn.). 



The only note which I have as to the occurrence of the 

 Siskin in Cyprus is that I saw, in July 1908, on Troodos 

 two caged male birds said by their owner to have been taken 

 in the preceding spring near Limassol. The fact that they 

 were in the same hands as the female Greenfinch referred to 

 below did not, however, strengthen my belief in the alleged 

 locality of their capture. But, I observe, that there was in 

 1907 a great invasion of the Siskin into Egypt. This 

 species would, of course, only be a winter visitor to the 

 island. 



412. Serinus hortulanus Koch. 



The Serin Finch is a fairly abundant bird in Cyprus and 

 seems to have been first definitely noticed by Lord Lilford, 

 who found it not uncommon in the south of the island. 

 Miiller mentions a clutch of eggs which he thought were 

 those of this species. Guillemard, who did not regard it on 

 the whole as common, met with it in January, March and 

 April, and Glaszner sent a few to Madarasz taken in May 

 and June. Horsbrugh and I found plenty in March near 

 Nicosia, and the former noticed it at the end of May and 

 beginning of June in some abundance on Troodos, where it 

 was evidently breeding, for he obtained there a very juvenile 

 specimen. It is without doubt a partial resident, but at the 

 spring and autumn migrations its numbers are, I think, 

 considerably augmented. 



416. Ligurinus chloris (Linn.). 



The Greenfinch was included by Lord Lilford in his list 

 on the authority of Guillemard, but no data of its occurrence 

 are given and it is not mentioned in the latter's ' Ibis ' 

 articles. Lord Lilford evidently included the species with 

 considerable hesitation, and it has not, so far as I know, 

 been hitherto observed by anyone else. 



I saw a caged female on Troodos in the summer of 1908, 

 which I was informed had been taken near Limassol in the 

 early part of that year. It seemed to me to be of normal 

 appearance and not to exhibit any particularly bright 



