400 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



850. Nettion crecca (Linn.). 



Querquedula crecca, B. O. U. List, p. 127. 



The Teal is an abundant winter visitor, arriving towards 

 the middle of October and leaving towards the end of 

 March or beginning of April. It occurs in large flocks 

 on the big sheets of water, but is also well distributed in 

 other suitable localities. During his visit to the reservoirs, 

 at the end of March and beginning of April, 1909, Horsbrugh 

 found the Teal the most common Duck and still in small 

 parties. 



853. Dafila acuta (Linn.). 



The Pintail is a common winter visitor. Schrader, how- 

 ever, described it as rare. It was met with by Guillemard 

 on a lake close to Famagusta in early February 1888, and at 

 the end of the same month at Kouklia marsh. It has often 

 been shot in winter by Mr. Nicolls and others. A large 

 flight was noticed by Mr. T. Greenwood at Papho on March 

 the 6th, 1909, and a day or two afterwards he obtained an 

 individual which, being only winged, he kept in captivity for a 

 long time ; he informs me that this was a migrating flock, 

 and that the birds are never seen in that neighbourhood for 

 more than a few days at these seasons. At the end of March 

 Horsbrugh found the Pintail fairly numerous at Acheritou 

 and Kouklia reservoirs and, as a rule, paired ; he noticed 

 at the former water some fifteen or twenty couples, and 

 at the latter only three or four pairs. During December 

 1909, and January and February 1910, Mr. Baxendale, 

 Mr. Nicolls, Horsbrugh and I obtained several specimens. 



854. Mareca penelope (Linn.). 



The Wigeon is in my opinion undoubtedly the most 

 abundant Duck that visits the island. It is an 

 exceedingly common winter guest, and forms a large 

 proportion of the birds which fall to the gun near the 

 reservoirs and lakes. Schrader refers to it as an uncommon 

 winter migrant. Guillemard came across it in early 

 Januarv, 1888, near the Limassol salt-lake, and near 



