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abouts at the beginning of the year, and leave agaia in 

 March, I have, however, a specimen collected by Pearse, 

 which bears the date, November 11, 1878, and I imagine 

 that the Song Thrush is, in Cyprus, as in most of the islands 

 of the Mediterranean, a bird of double passage, a few pairs 

 perhaps remaining to breed, in the northern range, if 

 anywhere. I have no record of the Redwing, Tardus, iliacus, 

 from Cyprus. *. 



30. Fieldfare. Turdus pilaris. 



Guillemard obtained two females of this species from a 

 small flock feeding in a wheat-field between Cape Greco and 

 Famagusta, on Februaiy 16, 1888, and Pearse sent home a 

 Fieldfare, without a label, killed in the winter of 1878-79. *. 



31. Blackbird. Turdus merula. 



Apparently common during the winter months. Not met 

 with by me except in the Karpas district in April 1875. I 

 have three specimens collected by Guillemard in January and 

 March 1888, and one by Pearse in November 1878. *. 



32. Blue Rock Thrush. Monticola cyanus. 

 Curiously enough, in a country so eminently adapted to its 



habits, this bird appears to be uncommon in Cyprus. I find 

 no record of it in my own journal, and Guillemard only 

 brought home two specimens, one shot at St. Ilarion on May 

 11, 1888, and the other amongst the ruins of Kurias in 

 March 1887. *. G. 



33. Redbreast. Erithacus rubecula. 



I did not meet with the Redbreast in Cyprus. Specimens 

 obtained by Pearse and Guillemard are dated November 

 1878 and January 1888, respectively; it is probably only a 

 winter visitor. *. 



34. Nightingale. Philomela luscima. 



I only once heard the song of the Nightingale in Cyprus, 

 this was at the so-called baths of Aphrodite near Papho on 

 May 12, 1875. Guillemard records his first hearing it on 

 May 4, 1887, at Akanthu, and its abundance at Lefka later 

 in the same month. Two specimens collected l)y him are 



