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with it on a lake near Famagusta in early February, 

 1888, at Kouklia marsh at the end of the same month, 

 and again as late as May the 20th in the same year, close 

 to Famagusta. Mr. Jebb noted its first arrival at the 

 reservoirs on October the 6th, 1908, when he obtained four 

 specimens ; it has frequently been shot during winter by 

 Mr. Nicolls and other sportsmen, and at Acheritou, at the 

 end of March, Horsbrugh noticed some twenty couples — 

 paired — and shot several specimens. During December 

 1909 and January 1910, Mr. Baxendale, Horsbrugh and I 

 obtained quite a number of examples from various localities. 



846. Marmaronetta angustirostris (Menetr.). 



Sibthorp included in his list an unidentified species 

 under the name Anas cypria and gave as its local name 

 the Greek " Tlairepo ■^rupo. 1 '' 



Lord Lilford stated that he had some reason to believe 

 that this name (which appeared unaltered in Unger and 

 Kotschy's list) was intended to refer to the Marbled Duck ; 

 but no reason is given for this view and I. regret that I 

 can find nothing definite to support it. However, Lord 

 Lilford recognised a small flight of Marbled Duck on the 

 shores of Episkopi Bay on April 15th, 1875, and his yacht- 

 captain shot a female near Limassol early in May, which 

 evidently had a nest. Guillemard obtained this duck near 

 Larnaca on April the 8th, 1888, and took its nest and eggs 

 near Famagusta later in the same year. The only personal 

 record I have concerning it is that I bought three 

 examples in Limassol bazaar on February the 9th, 1909. 



848. Querquedula circia (Linn.). 



Sibthorp included the Garganey in his list, and it re- 

 appeared in that of Unger and Kotschy. Miiller, perhaps 

 rightly, replaced it by the Teal. Guillemard, who met 

 with it at the beginning of April near Famagusta, regarded 

 it as fairly common, though a migrant on passage only. 

 At the end of March and beginning of April, 1909, 

 Horsbrugh found a few pairs at both the Acheritou and 

 Kouklia reservoirs, and obtained specimens in both localities, 



