422 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



month. It appears to have been first noticed by Lord Lilford, 

 who saw only a few, but Miiller suggests that this species 

 was probably intended by the " Scolopax cyprius " mentioned 

 in Sibthorp's list and copied by Unger and Kotschy, though 

 for my own part I consider that the Romaic name 

 " TpoXovpiSa Tr)s daXdaar)? " given by Sibthorp certainly 

 does not refer to this bird, but more probably to Sandpipers 

 generally.- The proportion of Jack to Common Snipe which 

 is obtained when shooting varies very much : on November 

 the 16th, 1907, out of twenty-nine birds no less than twenty 

 were Jacks ; on January the 26th, 1908, out of ninty-nine 

 there was not one ; on December the 7th, 1908, out of 

 seventeen only two. 



1065. Tringa alpina Linn. 



The Dunlin was in Sibthorp's list. Lord Lilford found it 

 in small number* on the sandy shores near Famagusta and 

 Limassol in April and May. Schrader states that it is a 

 winter visitor. Guillemard obtained it near Famagusta in 

 the middle of May, 1888, and Glaszner sent six examples to 

 Madarasz, obtained near Larnaca in September, November, 

 and December. It is a spring and autumn migrant and 

 winter visitor. 



1067. Tringa minuta Leisl. 



The Little Stint is a visitor on its spring and autumn 

 migrations and probably a few birds remain in the island in 

 the winter. Schrader refers to it as a winter visitor ; Pearse 

 obtained a female at Larnaca on October the 1st, 1878; 

 Miiller records three adult males procured on January the 

 4th, February the 9th, and February the 23rd ; Guillemard 

 took one near Famagusta on May the 21st, 1888; Glaszner 

 a female near Larnaca on October the 28th, 1901 ; Mr. Baxen- 

 dale and Horsbrugh each shot a specimen near Kouklia 

 (Papho district) on May the 23rd, 1909; and Mr. G. F. 

 Wilson shot two males and one female on October the 10th 

 in the same year near Nicosia. 



1072. Tringa subarquata (Giild.). 



The Curlew Sandpiper or Pigmy Curlew was one of Unger 

 and Kotschy's additions to Sibthorp's list, but was possibly 



