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803. Ardetta minuta (Linn.). 



The Little Bittern was also recognised by Sibthorp. Lord 

 Lilford thought it common at the latter end of April and 

 beginning of May, and believed that it bred in a certain 

 locality near Limassol as well as in other parts of the island. 

 Schrader met with it in small numbers at the end of April 

 and at the end of August, 1877. It was noticed by 

 Gnillemard on May the 20th, 1888, near Famagusta, and 

 Glaszner shewed me a male obtained near Larnaca on 

 May the 4th, 1905. Mr. Baxendale sent me up one which he 

 had shot near Papho on April the 20th, 1909 ; Mr. C. Noble, 

 with Horsbrugh, observed a specimen on a little marsh near 

 Karavostasi on May the 9th, 1909, and on May the 18th the 

 latter found what he thought was probably a nest of this 

 species in a large bush overhanging a stream in the Papho 

 district. Mr. G. F. Wilson secured a female at Larnaca on 

 October the 17th. This species is evidently a visitor at the 

 migration seasons, and perhaps occasionally nests in Cyprus. 



807. Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). 



The Bittern was obtained by Guillemard once only, namely 

 near Famagusta on May 20th, 1888. Glaszner sent a male to 

 Madarasz, taken on November the 29th, 1902, and shewed me 

 a female obtained near Larnaca on January the 24th, 1905. 

 The bird is known to Mr. Nicolls as an occasional winter 

 visitor, and he shot three in a very secluded marsh in the 

 Famagusta district on March the 14th, 1908. Mr. Baxendale 

 shot two at Avgasida Marsh on December the 26th, 1909 ; a 

 female on January the 12th, and a male on February the 

 20th, 1910, all in the Famagusta neighbourhood. Captain F. 

 W. Wright, of the Army Service Corps, sent to Horsbrugh a 

 fine female shot at the Limassol salt-lake on February the 

 13th, 1910. 



809. Ciconia alba Bechst. 



The White Stork is not a common visitor on its spring 

 and autumn migrations, though it is incorrect to assert, as 

 has been recently done, that it never occurs in the island. 

 Still, there can be no doubt that its main line of migration 



