16 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



migration, and I am inclined to think that its numbers are 

 swollen in winter by migrants from the north. It has 

 been mentioned by nearly every former writer, including 

 Sibthorp. It nests in Cyprus in April and May, and I have 

 notes of clutches of eggs taken from the 16th of the former 

 to the loth of the latter month, but I have also found them 

 highly incubated as early as May the 4th. Madarasz states 

 that the specimens sent to him from Cyprus are a little 

 paler in colour but have a deeper rufous tinge than mid- 

 European examples, and are not nearly so dark as the form 

 which occurs in the Balkans. 



560. Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisl.). 



The Short-toed Lark appears to have been first recognised 

 in Cyprus by Lord Lilford, who found it not very abundant 

 and apparently local on the plains of Salamis in April 1875 ; 

 he obtained specimens, but did not observe it in any other 

 part of the island. Neither Pearse nor Guillemard seems to 

 have come across it, nor, so far as I am aware, has Glaszner 

 sent any specimens to Madarasz. However, I found a male 

 amongst Glaszner's skins taken on the 3rd of March, 1906, 

 at Astromeritij not far from Morphou, and Horsbrugli 

 obtained two near Papho in the middle of May, one of which 

 was a remarkably pale specimen. I have hardly enough 

 material to generalise upon the status of this bird in the 

 island, and I can only suppose that it is partially a summer 

 visitor, many, however, merely passing through on the 

 spring and autumn migrations. 



567. Sturnus vulgaris Linn. 



During the last twenty years Sturnus vulgaris has been so 

 subdivided that nowadays the observations of older writers 

 may not represent what would be regarded as modern 

 accuracy. In dealing with the Starlings I therefore follow 

 what has been written by Madarasz. Large flocks of 

 Starlings frequent the marshes and the plains of the island 

 during the winter months. They arrive towards the middle 

 of October, but, as a rule, are not noticed in any considerable 



