432 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



have meant either the Sclavonian or the Eared Grebe, it 

 is impossible to say definitely to which species he intended 

 to refer. Unger and Kotschy, however, gratuitously omit 

 the species altogether and, if Sibthorp referred to the 

 former of the two birds, there is, so far as I am aware, no other 

 record of it from Cyprus. Having been omitted by Unger 

 and Kotschy from their list, it was, consequently, never 

 mentioned by any of the later writers. 



1216. Podicipes nigricollis E. L. Brehm. 



Subject to what has been stated with regard to the pre- 

 ceding species, there has hitherto been no record of the 

 Eared or Black-necked Grebe from Cyprus. However, 

 since the establishment of the large freshwater reservoirs, 

 Mr. Nicolls has been aware that a large Grebe frequented 

 these waters. Horsbrugh, on his visit to the reservoirs, at 

 the end of March and beginning of April, 1909, found 

 this species in some numbers, both at Acheritou and 

 Kouklia, and obtained several specimens, none of which, 

 however, shewed any but the slightest trace of breeding 

 plumage. From the latter place he sent to me at Nicosia 

 a male which lived for some time on a large tank in my 

 garden. When the water was drained off at Acheritou 

 towards the end of April, all the water-birds, of course, left ; 

 but I have no doubt that at Kouklia reservoir, which is 

 more reedy, and is emptied later than Acheritou, this species 

 would nest, provided that the conditions remained suitable. 

 Indeed, I found, on visiting Kouklia on December 27th, 

 that quite a large number of these Grebes were on the 

 water and had evidently, from what Mr. Nicolls tells me, 

 been there the whole winter. I counted over twenty. 

 I think that this may be regarded as a " would-be " resident, 

 and no doubt is to be found on the reservoirs so long as 

 there is ample water. 



1217. Podicipes fluviatilis (Tunstall). 

 Tachybaptes fluviatilis, B.O.U. List, p. 204. 



Schrader states that the Little Grebe is a rare winter visitor, 

 and Guillemard also regarded it as a rarity, only obtaining 



