94 Dr. F, H. H. Gmllemard— Ornithological 



than the fifth and longest. Tail with a subterminal 

 dark band. Tarsus covered with a single plate. 

 Sericornis. — Bill longer than in Acanthiza, straight^ the 

 commissure straight from gape to tip. Wing rounded 

 and concave, the wing-formula the same as in Acan- 

 thornis. Tail shorter than in the two preceding genera, 

 without any dark bar. Tarsus covered with a single 

 plate, or with almost obsolete broad scales. 

 Acanthornis magna is not uncommon on the slopes of Mount 

 Wellington, Tasmania, and about the edges of forests on 

 other southern mountains in the island, but from its retiring 

 nature escapes observation, and its distribution is conse- 

 quently not well worked out as yet. In a future note I 

 hope to be able to say something of its habits and to describe 

 its nest and eggs. 



VIII, — Ornithological Notes of a Tour in Cyprus in 1887. 

 By Dr. F. H. H. Guillemard, M.A., F.Z.S, With a 

 Preface by Lord Lilford. 



(Plate II,) 



Preface, 

 Although well aware that the author of the '' Cruise of the 

 ' Marchesa ' " stands in no need of any introduction to those 

 interested in ornithology, I may perhaps be allowed to men- 

 tion that the collecting tour in Cyprus described in the 

 following article was undertaken by Dr, Guillemard on my 

 behalf, 



I visited the southern and eastern coasts of the island in 

 the spring of 1875 in the yacht ' Zara,^ but owing to many 

 delays on our voyage from Marseilles, the uncertainty con- 

 cerning anchorage, and other causes, I had not much time 

 to spare before the great heats of summer, and my rambles 

 were confined to short distances from the sea. Soon after 

 the British occupation of the island in 1878, I sent out 

 Mr. W. Pearse, who had been with Mr. Danford in Asia 

 Minor, to collect for me in Cyprus ; but, on the whole, this 



