396 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



are to be found there after the beginning of April, while 

 they do not re-appear until the beginning of November. 



821. Anser fabalis (Lath.). 



Anser segetum Gmelin, B. O. U. List, p. 1 15. 



Although the Bean Goose is probably not an infrequent 

 visitor to the island in winter, it has hardly ever been 

 identified. Mr. Nicolls obtained a single specimen in 

 December 1904, near Famagusta. I stalked and shot at a 

 solitary bird on the 7th of December, 1908, in the marsh 

 on the coast at Morphou, and as it was in an open flat, and I 

 had it under observation at a range of about sixty yards with 

 my glasses for quite twenty minutes, vainly watching for it 

 to walk closer to the rushes in which I was concealed, there 

 could be no doubt as to its identity. It came in from the 

 sea, there being a strong gale blowing at the time, and when 

 1 shot at it, disappeared inland. 



829. Branta bernicla (Linn.). 



Bernicla brenta, B. O. U. List, p. 117. 



Black Geese, some of which are certainly Brent, visit the 

 waters of Cyprus in some numbers during the winter, and 

 the salt-guard's diary at Limassol Lake contains numerous 

 entries between November and March of " ^ve? jxavpot." 

 Cobham, in his ' Hand-book of Cyprus,' 1907, states that 

 this species is to be seen in the marshes in the winter. My 

 only definite record, although I have more than once seen 

 parties of Geese at a distance on the sea which I have very 

 little doubt were Brent, is of a specimen which was shot at 

 Kyrenia in December 1908, aud identified by Major Bolton, 

 the Commissioner of that district, who is well acquainted 

 with the species. 



836. Cygnus olor (Gmel.). 



Wild Swans regularly visit the reservoirs and salt-lakes 

 in winter, but not, as a rule, in any numbers. Schrader 

 states that he met with two birds of this species in the 

 winter of 1876-7 near Larnaca. The salt-guard's diary 

 contains notes of two Swans which seem to have frequented 



