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intended to represent the latter's Tringa varia, as those writers 

 omit the Grey Plover, and " JErolia varia " Vieill. was 

 then a recognised synonym for the species now under con- 

 sideration. However, the Curlew Sandpiper was not met 

 with again until Glaszner sent Madanisz two females taken 

 near Larnaca on September the 2nd, 1902. I shot a male in 

 winter plumage in Morphou marsh on December the 12th, 

 1908; Horsbrugh obtained another in full breeding dress on 

 May the 20th, 1909, and Mr. Baxendale a female on the 24th 

 of the same month, both not far from Papho. This species 

 is no doubt a visitor at the seasons of migration, and a 

 few individuals remain in the island during the winter. 



1078. Calidris ARENARiA(Linn.). 



Pearse sent Lord Lilford a male of this bird in winter 

 plumage taken near Larnaca on October the 1st, 1888. I 

 know of no other record. 



1080. Machetes pugnax (Linn.). 



The Ruff was included in Sibthorp's list. Lord Lilford 

 speaks of it as not uncommon on the vernal migration, and 

 Guillemard met with it on both his visits ; at the end of 

 March, 1887, he obtained a male in immature or non-breeding 

 plumage near Limassol out of a small flock of eight or ten, 

 while he secured a specimen at Kouklia marsh on February the 

 27th, 1888, and a male in full breeding plumage on May the 

 the 20th near Larnaca. Glaszner sent to Madarasz a female 

 from near the latter place, shot on March the 7th, 1901. 



The edges of the Famagusta reservoirs are evidently a 

 favourite resort of this bird, as Horsbrugh in 1909 found it 

 quite abundant there from the 23rd of March till he left the 

 vicinity on April the 8th. He obtained a good many speci- 

 mens, and on March the 24th saw at Acheritou a flock of quite 

 sixty. None of the birds which he obtained exhibited more 

 thau slight traces of breeding plumage. The Ruff is evidently 

 a fairly common visitor in spring and autumn. 



1083. Totanus calidris (Linn.). 



The Redshank was included by Sibthorp in his list, but 

 was apparently omitted by Unger and Kotscliv. 



