14 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



October. Lord Lilford found it exceedingly abundant; 

 Miiller mentions ten specimens and nine clutches of eggs 

 taken betweeu April the 21st and June the 4th ; Guillemard 

 calls it " ubiquitous "; Glaszner sent Madarasz a series taken 

 in March, April, September and October. Mr. Baxendale 

 noted its arrival at Papho in the third week in March (1909), 

 and Horsbrugh and I found it in plenty and obtained speci- 

 mens in various localities from the 21st of that month until 

 our departure from the island in June. Mr. Baxendale came 

 across it nesting at the end of May (1909) near Papho on 

 the foothills of the Troodos mountains, a usual locality in 

 which to find it. 



533. Emberiza schozniclus Linn. 



Guillemard shot a female Reed Bunting on the 13th of 

 February, 1888, near Famagusta. This is the only record of 

 which I am aware. It would be only a winter visitor. 



535. Subsp. Emberiza pyrrhuloides Pall. 



The form of Emberiza schoeniclus known as the Large- 

 billed Reed-Bunting owes its inclusion in the Cyprus list to 

 Miiller, who records, amongst the specimens sent to Schliiter, 

 a juvenile male, taken on Novemher the 13th. As Madarasz 

 points out, this bird, assuming the record to be substantially 

 correct, is more likely to have belonged to the form 

 E. schoeniclus palustris found in Spain, Italy, and elsewhere, 

 than to the subspecies named above. 



549. Melanocorypha calandra (Linn.). 



The Calandra Lark was observed by Sibthorp, who thought 

 that it was probably a resident. Lord Lilford found it very 

 common in the open country, and states that it breeds and 

 is no doubt a permanent resident in the Island. Guillemard, 

 who notictd a few in cages for sale in February, found a 

 nest at Lefkoniko (Karpas district) with eggs — hard-set — 

 at the end of April. Glaszner sent a few specimens to 

 Madarasz taken in March, April, and May. From my own 

 observation I should say that in Cyprus it is not a very 

 common breeding species, but is in the main a winter 



