418 Mr. J. A. Buoknill on the 



on December the 15th, 1909, in the Nicosia bazaar, for 

 twenty piastres. 



1037. Hoplopterus spinosus (Linn.). 



The Spur-winged Plover was met with by Sibthorp, who 

 mentions in his Journal having shot a specimen flying near 

 his vessel when lying off the island in early April (1787). 

 Lord Lilford obtained one example near Limassol — out of the 

 only two seen by him during his visit — on May the 8th. 

 Pearse obtained specimens : Schrader states that he only pro- 

 cured one and that in November : and Muller records a single 

 immature example. Guillemard seems to have but once met 

 with the bird, shooting it at Avgasida marsh in early March. 

 Glaszner obtained a male on April the 10th, 1902. It is 

 known to Mr. Nicolls and other English sportsmen; and 

 Horsbrugh came across a few at the Aeheritou reservoir 

 between the 24th of March and the 10th of April, 1909, and 

 obtained several specimens. Mr. Nicolls states that, in some 

 seasons, when the height of the water has been favourable, 

 it has nested at the reservoirs. It is anyhow a spring and 

 autumn migrant. 



1042. Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. 



Schrader states that the Lapwing occurred in winter in 

 small flocks ; but Guillemard, though he met with one flock 

 between Nicosia and Larnaca at the end of February, 1887, 

 and two or three large flights near Famagusta at the end of 

 January in the following year, does not seem to have thought 

 it very common. Glaszner has obtained a few in the latter 

 month. The Lapwing, at the present time, is an abundant 

 winter visitor, arriving towards the middle of November 

 (though some are occasionally noticed in October) and 

 leaving towards the middle of March. It is well known to all 

 the local sportsmen, while I have met with it in considerable 

 numbers in the cold weather on marshy ground in all parts 

 of the island, and have shot several specimens. 



1044. HjEMatopus ostralegus Linn. 



Sibthorp in his Journal mentions that on April the 1 7th 



