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819. Phosnicopterus roseus Pall. 



The Flamingo is a common visitor in the winter to the 

 large salt-lakes of Limassol and Larnaca, and, although 

 records of its having been shot are rare, owing to its wary 

 habits, it can be observed at times in very large numbers. 

 Lord Lilford received a specimen from Pearse, without data, 

 but killed, no doubt, near Larnaca, in the winter of 1878-9, 

 but the bird does not seem to have been obtained by 

 Guillemard or Glaszner. Schrader regarded it as an 

 extremely rare bird of passage only. It is very well 

 known, however, to the residents in the two towns above- 

 mentioned, and I have a note of a slightly wounded indi- 

 vidual being taken alive during the spring of 1909 on the 

 Limassol Lake. Passing through Larnaca in the first days 

 of March 1909, Horsbrugh noticed large numbers at the 

 salt-lake there. I have no note of an occurrence at the fresh- 

 water reservoirs, but Mr. Greenwood informs me that at Papho 

 he has seen several killed by flying against the lighthouse. 

 Mr. Michell, the Commissioner of Limassol, informs me that, 

 though extremely common, they almost invariably keep 

 towards the centre of the lake, well out of gun-shot. In 

 January 1910, Horsbrugh and I found a flock of some four 

 hundred at the Larnaca salt lake, and Mr. T. Greenwood 

 kindly obtained for us two fine mature and two immature 

 specimens, one of the latter being alive and living for some 

 time in captivity. In February 1910, at Limassol salt-lake, 

 Horsbrugh also met with very large flocks. 



820. Anser ferus Schaeff. 



It is, perhaps, convenient here to make a few observations 

 upon the Anatidaj in general in relation to the island. 



About the middle of October large flights of Ducks com- 

 mence to arrive in Cyprus ; many almost immediately pass 

 further south, but some establish themselves on the lakes, 

 reservoirs, and other suitable localities for the winter. As 

 the weather grows colder in the north more and more stream 

 in, accompanied by Geese and sometimes by Swans, and from 

 .November until the return migration — which takes place in 



