410 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



seed, with which one finds the crop crammed. It need 

 perhaps hardly be added that this species does not frequent 

 the hills. 



984. Rallus aquaticus Linn. 



Lord Lilford found the Water-Rail not uncommon in 

 suitable localities, and Guillemard observed a number near 

 Larnaca at the beginning of February. Schrader states that 

 it occurs rarely in winter. Glaszner sent a good many speci- 

 mens to Madarasz, taken near Larnaca in October, November, 

 December, and January. I shot a female at Morphou on 

 December the 12th, 1901, and saw another at Papho on 

 February the 7th of the same year. Mr. Baxendale obtained 

 three at Avgasida marsh on December the 26th, 1909; 

 Mr. G. F. Wilson shot a male near Nicosia on Jauuary the 

 9th, 1910 ; and 1 have notes of other specimens during this 

 winter. 



It is apparently only a winter visitor, but its skulking 

 habits prevent it from being very often noticed. 



986. Porzana maruetta (Leach). 



Lord Lilford found the Spotted Crake in abundance in 

 every likely spot which he hunted up with his dogs in 

 April and early May, and had no doubt that it bred in the 

 island, though he did not discover the nest. Schrader met 

 with it in October in the marshes. Miiller refers to four 

 adult males taken on November the 11th and 13th. I do 

 not find any mention of the bird by Guillemard, and 

 Glaszner does not appear to have forwarded it to Madarasz. 

 Mr. Baxendale sent me a single specimen taken at Papho on 

 March the 7th, 1909 ; Horsbrugh shot a male at Acheritou 

 reservoir on March the 31st, and saw another at Karavostasi 

 near Morphou Bay on May the 7th of the same year. 

 Mr. Baxendale shot an adult male near Papho on October 

 the 3rd, 1909, and we obtained some examples early in April 

 1910, on the freshwater lake at Famagusta. 



It is no doubt mostly a bird of passage, but probably 

 some individuals nest and some remain during the 

 winter. 



