414 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



on one occasion he had a recently killed specimen brought 

 to him. Mr. T. Greenwood, who has had a very long 

 experience as a sportsman in Cyprus, tells me that he met 

 with this bird very rarely near Famagusta ; and Mr. G. F. 

 Wilson has seen one only, namely on January the 29th, 

 1905, on the Mesaoria plain not very far from Nicosia. 



I am not aware that any local specimen yet obtained has 

 been properly identified as Otis tarda, but I think that there 

 can be little doubt that the species is an occasional straggler 

 to the island. 



1012. Tetrax campestkis Leach. 



Otis tetrax Linn., B. O. U. List, p. 154. 



The Little Bustard is a rare winter visitor. Lord Lilford 

 thought he saw a small flock near Famagusta, but was at 

 too great a distance for positive identification. Schrader 

 states that he obtained a single specimen in November. 



Miiller mentions a young male from the island, and 

 Guillemard heard of the bird being sometimes exposed for 

 sale in the Nicosia market. Mr. T. Greenwood informs me 

 that he has shot examples of this species in winter, on several 

 occasions. Mr. Baxendale obtained two individuals from a 

 party of three close to Papho on December the 18th, 1908, 

 and on January the 1st, 1910, bought a specimen in the 

 Famagusta bazaar. Lord Lilford was informed that the 

 Little Bustard bred in the corn-lands in the island, but, so 

 far as I can ascertain, it is only known to the people in 

 Cyprus as a winter visitor. 



1014. Houbara macqueeni (Gray & Hardw.). 



A few years ago a single specimen of Macqueen's Bustard 

 was taken alive in the island and kept for some weeks in 

 captivity by Mr. A. Artemis of Nicosia. I am informed that 

 it was identified by Mr. Templer (then King's Advocate of 

 Cyprus), who was a competent ornithologist. I confess that 

 I should have thought it much more likely to have been 

 H. undulata (Jacq.), the Houbara Bustard, which species I 

 should not be at all surprised to find also locally confused 

 with Otis tarda. 



