.'398 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



once or twice in winter, but otherwise none of us have come 

 across it yet. 



840. Tadorxa casarca (Linn.). 



Lord Lilford did not meet with the Ruddy Sheldrake 

 himself, but was positively assured that it bred in the Papho 

 district. Schrader states that it occurs in winter and is 

 rather more common than the preceding species. Guille- 

 mard, who states that it is not an uncommon bird in 

 Cyprus, met with it in a marsh in Avgasida, not very far 

 from Salamis, on about the 9th of March, 1888, and after- 

 wards obtained it through his "shikari" in the Famagusta 

 marshes. 



Mr. T. Greenwood sent me a fine female shot near Larnaca 

 on February the 24th, 1910. 



842. Anas boscas Linn. 



The Wild Duck or Mallard is a very common winter 

 visitor, and, though occurring in large flocks on the big 

 sheets of water, is well enough scattered over the smaller 

 waters to offer more chances of sport than any other Duck, 

 except perhaps the Teal : a very few undoubtedly stay 

 all the summer. 



844. Chaulelasmus streperus (Linn.). 



Up to the present the Gadwall has been included in the 

 list solely on account of its name being written by 

 Guillemard in the rough catalogue compiled by him in 

 conjunction with Lord Lilford for the latter's use, but 

 Lord Lilford did not meet with it, and no specimen was 

 obtained by Guillemard, who does not mention it in his 

 ' Ibis ' articles. 



In the middle of February 1909, Mr. Nicolls shot a 

 single specimen at Acheritou. Horsbrugh found three or 

 four couples — paired — at the end of March 1909, at the 

 same reservoir, and on the 23rd obtained a fine male there. 



845. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



The Shoveler is not at all an uncommon winter visitor. 

 Schrader, however, called it uncommon. Guillemard met 



