392 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean follows the coast 

 of the Levant. I should think that it is extremely probable 

 that the birds " not unlike ducks, but with a pointed beak, 

 which eat the locusts and thus lessen their ravages," referred 

 to by Cornells van Bruyn in 1683, as from time to time 

 visiting Cyprus, were of this species. Lord Lilford observed 

 a large flock coming in to land from the south near Galino- 

 porni in the extreme north-east of the island on April 26th, 

 1875. Schrader states that he saw the nest in ^Nicosia, but 

 I have hardly any doubt that this is a mistake. Miss Bate 

 observed three birds on October 27th, 1901, near Kouklia 

 reservoir, standing in some cotton-fields, and Horsbrugh, 

 on the 30th March, 1909, saw a single individual at the same 

 place. This species does not seem to have been met with 

 by any one else. 



812. Platalea leucorodia Linn. 



Schrader states that the Spoonbill is occasionally met 

 with, and Miiller mentions an adult male taken on Novem- 

 ber 1st (1877-8). I am not aware of any other record of 

 its having been obtained in the island, but Mr. A. K. Bovill 

 informs me that it has been observed near Famagusta. 



818. PLEGAnis falcinellus (Linn.). 



The Glossy Ibis was not identified with certainty by Lord 

 Lilford on his visit to the island, but there is no doubt that 

 it is a regular and not very uncommon visitor on its spring 

 and autumn migrations. Schrader writes that he observed 

 several flights in April and August, 1877. Miiller mentions 

 an adult pair obtained in spring; Sir Samuel Baker, who 

 visited Cyprus in 1880, records shooting an example on the 

 freshwater lake near Famagusta ; Guillemard, on his first 

 visit, found small flocks of a dozen or fifteen individuals near 

 Larnaca in mid-April, while he records the bird as numerous 

 near Famagusta at the beginning of the same month in 1888, 

 and obtained specimens. Horsbrugh saw about a dozen 

 on the 9th of April, 1909, at the Acheritou reservoir, and 

 obtained from there through Mr. Douglas a fine male and 

 female on the 19th of the same month. 



