38 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



The egg which we obtained was rather heavily splashed 

 with reddish brown, chiefly at the upper end, and measured 

 3'58 x 2 - 76 inches. 



713. Neophron percnopterus (Linn.). 



Ungerand Kotschyadd the Egyptian Vulture to Sibthorp'a 

 list, but it is perhaps rather remarkable that no one seems 

 as yet to have been able to confirm their record. 



714. Gypaetus barbatus (Linn.). 



Horsbrugh and I did not expect to find the Bearded 

 Vulture in Cyprus, but in early March, 1909, we came upon 

 a pair in the highest portion of the Kyrenia range. One 

 bird suddenly appeared in view in a deep ravine and sailed 

 over our heads not fifty yards above us. We saw it again 

 several times, and on the following day Horsbrugh observed 

 it — and a second individual also. There could bs no 

 possible doubt as to the identification, as we had in view, 

 practically at the same time, the Griffon and the Black 

 Vultures as well as Eagles. 



These birds may have soared over from the Taurus Moun- 

 tains — then visible to us as a long glittering snow patch ; but 

 it is not at all unlikely that they had an eyrie in one of the 

 big precipices in the mountains which we were working. 



715. Circus .ekugixosus (Linn.). 



In Cyprus I frequently saw Harriers in spring and 

 winter quartering the marshes and the plains, but unless 

 they are shot it is impossible as a rule to identify them with 

 certainty. 



The Marsh Harrier is at any rate a fairly common visitor 

 at the spring and autumn migrations, and may be found 

 throughout the winter. It is quite probable that a few 

 pairs nest in one or two localities which are suitable. Lord 

 Lilford found it tolerably common in the marshy districts 

 during his visit; Guillemard, who frequently mentions 

 unidentified " Harriers" in his ' Ibis ' articles, shot a male 

 near Larnaca in early February, 1888 ; Glaszner obtained a 

 male and two females in the same localitv in December and 



