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coloration such as is usual, presumably, in specimens from 

 the Levant. 



The Greenfinch would only be found in the Island in 

 winter. 



421. CoCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS Pall. 



Guillemard, in April 1888, saw a caged specimen at 

 Papho, said to have been caught on the slopes of Troodos. 

 Glaszner sent two male birds to Madarasz, taken near 

 Larnaca on January 4th and February 12th, 1903. A 

 single bird was observed at Nicosia in December 1905 by 

 Mr. G. F. Wilson. 



This is apparently an uncommon winter visitor. 



424. Passer domesticus (Linn.). 



The House Sparrow is a common resident near inhabited 

 places, though I do not think that it is nearly so abundant 

 as one finds it generally in England. I have no note of 

 having seen it on Troodos, though this may, possibly, be due 

 to my own remissness. 



It nests in April and May and even in later months of 

 the summer, and in autumn packs in small flocks and 

 raids the threshing floors. It is now unprotected at any 

 season by a law passed this year (1909). 



It was included by Sibthorp in his list. 



426. Passer hispaniolensis (Temm.). 



The Spanish Sparrow appears to have been first taken in 

 Cyprus by Pearse, who sent a few specimens to Lord Lilford. 

 Guillemard obtained a male at Machaira Monastery on 

 March 12th, 1888, but makes no mention of the species in 

 his 'Ibis' articles. Glaszner sent a female to Madarasz 

 taken near Larnaca in November 1901, and kindly lent for 

 my inspection a remarkable female specimen of a Passer, 

 which he designates as an albino of this, but which, in my 

 opinion, may well be of the common species. Sparrows are 

 always the last birds to which any attention is paid, and I 

 regret to say that with regard to the presence of this species 

 in Cyprus I can at present only express my own ignorance. 



