426 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



1101. Limosa belgica (Gmel.). 



Limosa agocephala, B.O.U. List, p. 178. 



Lord Lilford felt little doubt that he had seen the Black- 

 tailed Godwit near Famagusta, but was unable to identify 

 it positively. Schrader states that it is a winter visitor. 

 Guillemard in early March, 1888, obtained specimens on 

 the marsh (now a reservoir) at Kouklia between Nicosia 

 and Famagusta. Horsbrugh obtained a female in partial 

 breeding plumage on the bank of the same place on April 

 the 8th, 1909. It is, no doubt, a visitor at the migratory 

 seasons and perhaps in winter. 



1104. Numenius phjEopus (Linn.). 



Guillemard mentions meeting with " a species of Whim- 

 brel" near Famagusta on the 26th of April, 1887, and 

 obtained a " Whimbrel " at Kouklia marsh on the 26th of 

 February, 1888, but it was unfortunately eaten by a cat ! 

 Though there seems no reason why this species should not 

 occur on migration or in winter in the island, Lord Lilford 

 thought it probable that the bird obtained by Guillemard 

 was iV. tenuirostris. 



1106. Numenius tenuirostris Vieill. 



The Slender-billed Curlew is no doubt a regular visitor at 

 the migrations and probably in winter. Lord Lilford saw, 

 during his visit, great numbers of birds, which he took to 

 belong to this species, near Larnaca and Limassol, but was 

 never able to approach them closely enough for absolute 

 certainty of identification. Sir Samuel Baker mentions that 

 on his visit in 1880 he shot a "small species of Curlew." 



1107. Numenius arquata (Linn.). 

 Numenius arquata, B. O. U. List, p. 179. 



The Common Curlew was included in Sibthorp's list and 

 was observed in great numbers by Lord Lilford in April at 

 the Limassol salt-lake, and later in other localities. Schrader 

 states that it arrives at the beginning of September and 

 stays till the end of February, and there is no doubt that it 

 is a regular visitor on the migrations and in winter. I saw 



