404 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



its numbers are somewhat increased by winter visitors which 

 arrive in the autumn. I found a good many on my arrival 

 at the Troodos summer-station in the beginning of July, 

 and they arc sufficiently numerous to afford a little sport. 

 In May and June Horsbrugh came across this species fairly 

 frequently in his tour through the hills and obtained several 

 specimens. I have examined the crops of over a dozen, 

 shot during August and September, and found the contents 

 to consist largely of the seeds of the coniferous trees with 

 which the southern range is covered, but also some 

 barley. 



895. Turtuk communis Sclby. 



The Turtle-Dove is a very abundant visitor on the spring 

 and autumn migrations, and a considerable number — 

 though small compared with the large numbers of birds 

 of passage — remain for the summer, and nest in the 

 mountains. The spring migration commences about mid- 

 April and lasts approximately a month ; the autumn • 

 movement takes place from towards the end of August 

 till the commencement of October. In some years the 

 bird occurs in enormous numbers ; Lord Lilford considered 

 it more abundant in Cyprus than in any other part of 

 the world which he had visited, and Guillemard records 

 a single flock of six or seven hundred. I found some 

 numbers on Troodos on my arrival there on July 1st, 1908, 

 and from that locality Mr. Nicolls sent me fresh eggs 

 taken on June 10th, 1909. The bird was included in 

 Sibthorp's list. In mid-September, during the migration, 

 I have seen dozens exposed for sale, both dead and alive, 

 in the Limassol bazaar : they are both shot and " limed " 

 for the table. 



899. Turtur decaocto (Frivaldsky) . 



The Collared Turtle-Dove was included by Sibthorp in 

 his list. Lord Lilford noticed one or two individuals in 

 the streets of Larnaca, and it seems to have been observed 

 by Guillemard. 



There are always a few to be seen in the town of Nicosia, 



