of the Birds of Cyprus. 573 



side, they almost invariably went about singly or at most 

 in pairs. It would seem as if when once an individual settled 

 anywhere it remained within a short distance of the same 

 place, for I noticed that wherever one had been seen I was 

 certain to find it again. 



6. Hypolais pallida. 



This Warbler is very common all over the island, and near 

 Papho numbers of nests were found, built in the brambles 

 and bushes overrunning the steep banks of the streams. 

 Eggs were found hard-set on the 8th of May, but were 

 also procured fresh up to the 4th of June. The old bird 

 sits very closely, almost allowing itself to be touched while 

 on the nest. 



7. Sylvia melanothorax. 



Lord Lilford and Dr. Guillemard seem to have found this 

 bird chiefly in the low country wherever there was sufficient 

 scrubby vegetation, though the latter mentions having shot 

 specimens "from the sea-level up to 2000 ft. or more in 

 altitude/' Mr. Glaszner has procured specimens from 

 Stavro Vouni, in the Larnaka district, which rises to 2.260 ft. 

 above the sea. 



There is a specimen in the British Museum, which was 

 procured by Mr. Pearse in November at Kykkou, at about 

 4300 ft., and in the summer I found the bird common on 

 Troodos at 4600 ft. There it spends its time skulking among 

 the low ilex, arbutus, and other shrubs, moving about always 

 very near to, and sometimes on, the ground. 



Thus it is evident that it is distributed over the whole 

 of the island wherever suitable vegetation prevails. 



8. Troglodytes Cypriotes. 



Anorthura Cypriotes, Bate, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 51 (1903). 



Unfortunately I have only been able to examine five: 

 skins of this bird from Cyprus, but, so far as it is pos- 

 sible to judge from such scanty material, it is believed 

 to be sufficiently distinct to be described as a new species. 

 As alreadv mentioned in the ' Bulletin of the British 



