412 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



lie describes shooting a specimen near Larnaca in early April, 

 1887. Glaszner sent Madarasz three examples taken near 

 the same place in November and December. I have a note 

 of seeing one taken alive in the autumn of 1908, in Limassol 

 district ; Mr. Baxendale has frequently met with and shot 

 the bird near Papho in winter. Horsbrugh found a few at 

 Kouklia reservoir near Famagusta in early April, 1909, and 

 obtained specimens there ; I had a male brought to me 

 alive on April 12th, taken near Nicosia, and another sent to 

 me from Acheritou reservoir on May 1st; Horsbrugh also 

 saw an individual near Papho on May the 23rd — all in 1909. 

 This species is probably a partial resident, but mainly a 

 visitor on the migrations and in winter. 



999. Fulica atra Linn. 



It seems curious that the Coot should have escaped notice 

 until Pearse sent specimens to Lord Lilford, who did not 

 himself meet with the bird. But Schrader states that the 

 Coot is found from the end of October until the end of 

 February on the marshes and lakes of the island. Guillemard 

 does not mention it, but seems to have shot one at Famagusta 

 in March. Glaszner sent a male to Madarasz from Larnaca, 

 taken in October. 



Lord Lilford was told that this species abounded on the 

 fresh and salt water lakes in winter. Whether it used to be 

 as common as it is now, I should greatly doubt, but the 

 establishment of the large freshwater reservoirs in the 

 Famagusta district has created for this — and other aquatic 

 birds — an ideal resort as long as there is water. In October 

 1901, Miss Bate saw the Kouklia reservoir crowded with 

 Coots, and was told that they nested in the corn-fields round 

 the edge of the water and that the peasants collected great 

 quantities of eggs for food. I have seen them in thousands in 

 the winter at both Acheritou and Kouklia, where they breed in 

 summer whenever the water is not run off, but they naturally 

 leave these localities and the island when the waters are 

 dried up or drained off, as was the case in 1908 and 1909. 



The Coot may also be found on the salt-lakes. 



