124 Occasiotial iS\ytes. 



ci/priotef!. Next a Dipper or Water-Ouzel ( Cinclus ohjmpkus) , 

 only found amongst the hill-torrents of the mountains and 

 which, being a very stationary species, is just the kind of bird 

 to assume — as it has — in an island a marked individuality. 

 A Chat {Saxicola cypriaca)^ a Tit (Parus guiUemardi), a 

 Crossbill {Lo.via guiUemardi), a Jay [Garridus glaszneri), and 

 an Owl {Scops ci/pria) more or less complete the list of indi- 

 genous birds. 



" On the whole the birds here naturally remind me much 

 more of England than the Transvaal and many species 

 abundant in England are here also very common. The 

 Blackbird (Turdus meinila). Song Thrush (Inrdus miisiciis), 

 Nightingdale (Philomela luscinid), Robin (Erithacus ruhe- 

 cida), the House Sparrow [Passer domesticus), and many 

 other old familiar English friends are here. 



" Of the 249 species occurring in Cyprus at least 190 are in 

 the British list. A Francolin [Francolinus vulgaris), the 

 local Partridge (Caccahis chukar), the Collared Turtle Dove 

 (Columha risoria), the Lesser Mediterranean Shearwater 

 {Puffinus yelkouanns), the Slender-billed Gull {Larus ge- 

 lastes), the Roseate Pelican [Pelecanus onocrotalus) , the 

 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), the Greater 

 Sand Plover {^gialitis geoffroyi), the Spur-winged Plover 

 {Iloplopterus spinosus), the Black Vulture (Vultur monachus), 

 Bonelli's Eagle {Nisaetus fasciatus). Imperial Eagle {Aqnila 

 heliaca), ^aker (Falco saker),La Marmora's Falcon {Faleo 

 eleonorce), Pallid Harrier (C. swainsoni), Smyrna and Pied 

 Kingfishers [Halcyon smyrnensis and Ceryle rudis), Pallid 

 Swift (Cypselus j^allidus), Purple-winged Starling (Sturnus 

 2nirpurascens), Spanish Sparrow [Passer salicicola), Rock 

 Sparrow (Fringilla petronia), Large-billed Reed Bunting 

 [Emheriza pyrrhuloides), Cretzschmar's Bunting [Emheriza 

 ca'sia), Black-headed Wagtail {Motacilla meianocephala). 

 Crag Martin (Cotile rupestris), Red-rumped Swallow 

 (Birundo rufula), Rock Nuthatch [Sitta syriaca), Masked 

 Shrike [Lanius nuhicvs), Black-headed Warbler (Sylvia 

 melanocep)liala), Palestine Warbler (Sylvia melanothora.x), 

 RuppelPs Warbler [Sylvia nieppelli), Olivaceous Warbler 



