Ornithology of Cyprus. 433 



one specimen on April the 26th, 1887, near Famagusta, and 

 another in mid-March, 1888, at Avgasida marsh, (xlaszner 

 sent a male to Madarasz, taken near Larnaca on October the 

 1st, 1901 . The freshwater reservoirs have, however, provided 

 anew and ideal resort for this species in the island, and in the 

 spring of 1901, from the 23rd of March till the 9th of April, 

 Horsbrugh found numbers (perhaps fifty or sixty in all) at 

 both Acheritou and Kouklia. He obtained several specimens 

 — one alive, which I kept on the large tank in my garden at 

 Nicosia for some time, till it sought less safety in flight. 



At Acheritou the birds began to nest about the 6th of 

 April, but I heard later that owing to the drainage of 

 the water they all left about the beginning of May. This 

 species may not unfairly be regarded as a partial resident, 

 its migration being due, in a large degree, to adverse local 

 conditions. In January 1910, 1 observed numbers at Kouklia 

 and on the freshwater lake near Famagusta, and in February 

 Horsbrugh also met with the bird at the Limassol salt-lake. 



Addenda. 



Six of the species tabled below are included by Schrader in 

 his paper in the ' Ornithologisches Jahrbuch ' (December, 

 1891), but have never been mentioned by any other 

 observer. Amongst the birds seldom recorded from Cyprus 

 Schrader mentions the Hobby, Pallid and Montagu's 

 Harriers, Barn Owl, Rose-coloured Pastor, Blue Titmouse 

 (probably in error), Palestine Bulbul, Redwing, Ortolan, and 

 Greenfinch. 



158. Hypolais olivetorum (Strickl.). 



It is stated by Schrader that the Olive-tree Warbler comes 

 to the gardens at the beginning of April, but is much rarer 

 than H. pallida, the Olivaceous Warbler. This is possibly a 

 trustworthy record. 



219. Accentor modularis (Linn.). 



Schrader states that the Hedge-Sparrow is seen singly in 

 winter. No one else has recorded the bird from Cyprus, and 

 I am inclined to think the account is an error. 



SER. IX.— VOL. iv. 2 F 



