388 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



sent me another nearly mature bird which he had shot, at the 

 Kouklia reservoir on that day. 



788. Ardea cinerea Linn. 



I am not aware that the Grey Heron — or indeed any 

 Heron — breeds in Cyprus, but this fact is probably due to 

 the absence of suitable situations. 



Herons are, therefore, practically unknown in the island 

 except as migrants in spring and autumn, though a few 

 probably remain during the winter. The present species 

 was recognised by Sibthorp. Lord Lilford and his col- 

 lectors do not seem to have obtained a specimen, but the 

 former states that the bird is occasionally observed though 

 not abundant, and Guillemard noticed it near Larnaca in 

 early April, 1887. Schrader met with it not uncommonly 

 on the spring migration. Glaszner sent Madarasz a speci- 

 men taken on June the 30th, 1901, from which the latter 

 surmises that this species breeds in the island. 



Mr. Jebb found three birds at Acheritou on August the 

 30th, 1908; Horsbrugh saw two on March the 23rd, 1909, 

 and a single individual six days later at the same place, while 

 he obtained with Mr. Baxendale a very juvenile specimen near 

 Papho on May the 23rd ; they also saw a single bird on the 

 sea-shore near Famagusta on January the 11th, 1910, and 

 four days later Mr. Baxendale and I observed another on 

 the freshwater lake not far from the same town. We also 

 found many later in the spring in the same locality. 



789. Ardea purpurea Linn. 



The Purple Heron is also in Sibthorp's list. Lord Lil- 

 ford found it very common in the marshes in April and May 

 and frequently noticed it in the wheat-fields. Schrader met 

 with it on the spring migration, and Midler mentions an adult 

 pair taken in the spring. Guillemard obtained an example 

 at the very end of March 1888, near Larnaca. This species 

 does not seem to have been met with by Glaszner. 



Horsbrugh found it in some numbers at the Acheritou and 

 Kouklia reservoirs from March the 28th to April the 20th, 



