430 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



Lord Lilford, though he did not regard it as abundant. 

 Muller mentions the receipt of five clutches of the eggs of 

 this bird taken on April the 28th, and states that, according 

 to the collector, the species built on the roofs of houses ! 

 Guillemard refers to having seen it near Limassol in 

 January, 1888, and Madarasz, who makes a mistake in 

 writing that the species was ignored by Lord Lilford, 

 received several examples from Glaszner, obtained in 

 September and January. In our experience the coasts of 

 Cyprus are singularly devoid of Terns and Gulls, but this 

 species may usually be noticed, and I have no doubt that it 

 breeds in a few localities and that some birds are resident. I 

 have notes of its occurrence on various parts of the coast and 

 at the reservoirs in January, February, April, and May ; on 

 the 6th of May, 1909, I received an adult male from 

 Acheritou ; Horsbrugh found the bird, evidently nesting, 

 in small numbers at Kyrenia at the end of April, and near 

 Papho in the middle of May, and in February 1910 obtained 

 several specimens at Limassol. 



I have never personally heard of its building its nest on 

 house-tops, as mentioned by Muller. 



1147. Larus fuscus Linn. 



The Lesser Black-backed Gull was found commonly by 

 Lord Lilford on the coasts in April and May, and all the 

 specimens seen and obtained by him and his collectors — 

 though the bird is not mentioned by Guillemard in his 

 ' Ibis ' papers — were in full adult plumage. Glaszner sent 

 Madarasz an old female, assuming breeding plumage, 

 obtained at Larnaca on April the 2nd, 1902. There is no 

 reason why this bird should not be a resident in Cyprus and 

 it very likely is so, but I am not aware of its having as yet 

 been actually found nesting in the island. 



1150. Larus marinus Linn. 



The Greater Black-backed Gull was included in Sibthorp's 

 list. Guillemard noted in the rough list referred to previously 

 the words " adult, Famagusta Lake." 



