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and on November the 23rd, 1908, Mr. Jebb shot an immature 

 bird at Kouklia reservoir. Mr. Nicolls found it nesting in 

 small numbers on the Klides Islands at the extreme north- 

 east point of Cyprus, and Horsbrugh on the 25th of April, 

 1909, discovered about fifteen pairs breeding on an islet 

 close to Kyrenia and shot an immature male. 



785. Pelecanus onocrotalus Linn. 



Guillemard in his list of Cypriote birds compiled in con- 

 junction with Lord Lilford for the use of the latter in his 

 ' Ibis ' paper, states that " both species " of Pelican occur in 

 Cyprus. Schrader states that he once, in November, saw a 

 single specimen on a small lake. 



Lord Lilford thought that the Roseate Pelican was at 

 least as common as the Dalmatian in Cyprus, and was 

 assured by the peasants that the " Ass-headed Swans " 

 visiting the salt-lakes in winter were as white as the snow 

 on Troodos. However, I am not aware that any specimen of 

 the Roseate species has been actually obtained, though 

 ' Pelicans ' are common on the salt-lakes in the winter 

 months and are sometimes seen on the freshwater reservoirs. 



787. Pelecanus crispus Bruch. 



Lord Lilford refers under the heading of the Dalmatian 

 Pelican to Tristram's remarks in Dresser's ( Birds of Europe ' 

 vol. vi. p. 200 {vide infra). 



Guillemard includes the bird, as before stated, in his rough 

 list, though he mentions neither of the two species in his 

 * Ibis ' articles. 



Dresser in his ' Manual of Palaearctic Birds,' vol. ii. p. 563, 

 describes the plumage of this bird from an adult male taken 

 at Limassol in 1863, which was in Canon Tristram's collec- 

 tion, but I do not notice any " remarks " by the latter in the 

 text of Dresser's larger work. 



Glaszner on November the 14th, 1908, shewed me an imma- 

 ture bird taken at the Larnaca salt-lake and had another 

 brought to him in the flesh from the same locality on the 

 previous day. On the 23rd of the same month Mr. Jebb 



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