32 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



home one shot near Famagusta on March 19th, 1888, and 

 later — in 1889 — received another (without data) from 

 Captain, now Sir, Arthur Young, then Commissioner at that 

 place, probably taken in the antumn of the preceding year. 



Miss Bate, however, found this Cuckoo not uncommon in 

 the spring of 1902, particularly on the slopes of the northern 

 range, and Glaszner sent seven to Madarasz taken in the 

 Larnaca neighbourhood in March, April, May, and August. 

 Mr. Baxendale, Horsbrugh, and I met with the Great Spotted 

 Cuckoo in 1909 from March the 9th until April the 2nd, 

 shooting or seeing over a dozen. Mr. G. Wilson saw two 

 near Nicosia as late as the 19th of April in the same year, 

 and Mr. Nicolls has once seen it on the summit of Troodos. 

 It certainly seems to be in the main confined to the wooded 

 portions of the plains and foot-hills. Although some indi- 

 viduals may be true summer visitors and avail themselves 

 of the friendly nests of the abundant Hooded Crows and 

 Magpies, my own opinion is that the species is a rather 

 rare visitor on spring and autumn migration, the return 

 passage taking place at the end of August. 



Amongst the numerous eggs of Hooded Crows and Mag- 

 pies which I have handled I have never seen an egg which 

 belonged to this bird. Horsbrugh found that their crops 

 contained mainly hairy larvae. 



688. Asio otus (Linn.). 



The Long-eared Owl would appear to be a rare winter 

 visitor. Pearse sent a male to Lord Lilford, taken on 

 November the 8th, 1878, at Levka near Morphou, and 

 Glaszner forwarded to Madarasz a female shot in November, 

 1902, and a male in January, 1903, the latter being remark- 

 ably pale in colour. 



L know of no other records. 



G89. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). 



Asio br achy otus B. O. U. List, p. 8G. 



The Short-eared Owl is a winter visitor, though no doubt 

 many examples are merely birds of passage. Lord Lilford 

 met with it frequently in the plains near Famagusta and 



