310 Lord U\f ord— List of 



one adult male collected by Pearse in 1879 and sent home 

 without any label. *. P. 



This concludes my very meagre list of diurnal Raptores 

 actually obtained or identified by us in Cyprus ; but Unger 

 and Kotschy record the Goshawk, Astur palumharius, and I 

 feel little doubt that the only living specimen of the Long- 

 legged Buzzard, Buteo ferox, ever seen by me was a bird that 

 crossed our bows shortly after we made the land of Cyprus 

 off Cape Blanco on our voyage from Crete, on April 14th ^ 

 1875. It is remarkable that I have no record of any species 

 of Kite from Cyprus. 



15. Barn Owl. Strix flammea. 



I heard the well-known shriek of this bird both at Larnaca 

 and Famagusta, and Guillemard mentions having seen two 

 Barn Owls in captivity in the former town, that had been 

 obtained there ; but I agree in his opinion that the species 

 is not abundant in Cyprus, and I have not a Cyprian 

 specimen. 



16. Long-eared Owl. Asio otus. 



I have one skin of this bird, sent by Pearse, and labelled 

 " (S . Lefka, 8.11.78,^^ Neither Guillemard nor I met with 

 the species in Cyprus. *. P. 



17. Short-eared Owl. Asio brachyotus. 



T found this bird frequently in the open plains near 

 Salamis and the Akrotiri district. Guillemard and Pearse 

 also met with it, and I have several specimens. I was 

 assured that this Owl breeds in Cyprus, but those shot by 

 me and others of our party in April, 1875, showed no 

 symptoms of being so engaged. 



18. Little Owl. Athene noctua. 



Exceedingly common in all parts of the island, frequenting 

 not only the inhabited towns, villages, and abundant ruins, 

 but also the open scrub-grown country between the moun- 

 tains and the sea. Mr. Seebohm remarks, in a letter, Avith 

 regard to the specimens of this Owl collected by Pearse and 

 myself in Cyprus : ^' a good scries, all more or less iuterme- 



