the Birds of Cyprus. 3'21 



to which I have alluded is an existing fact, I am disposed to 

 think that the Blackcap is the principal victim thereof. 



CtI. Wood Wren. Phyllnscopus sibilatrix. 

 Common in most parts of the island in April and May in 

 gardens and fruit-orcliards. *. 



()5. Willow Wren. Phylloscopus trochilus. 



Common, but not nearly so abundant as the following 

 species; several of Pearse^s specimens were obtained in 

 October. *. 



QQ. Chiffchafp. Phylloscopus minor. 

 Very abundant on the vernal migration, and, I have good 

 reason to believe, breeds in Cyprus. *. 



67. BoNELLi's Warbler. Phylloscopus bonellii. 



Not uncommon in April and May in gardens, and the 

 lower slopes of the hills in the district of Karpas. *. 



68. Regulus, sp. inc. 



See Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p. 107. 



69. Common Wren. Troglodytes parvulus. 



I did not meet with the Wren in Cyprus, but although I 

 can find no mention of the bird in Gnillemard's 'Ibis' articles, 

 he brought back a pair of skins, the male of which pair is 

 labelled May 25, 1887, Kalapanagiotissa, and the female 

 May 26, 1887, Kikko Monastery (4000 ft.). *. G. 



70. Tree-creeper. Certhia familiaris. 



Guillemard found this species in some abundance about 

 the camp on Troodos both in 1887 and 1888; one of his spe- 

 cimens is labelled J une 1 7, 1887, summit of Troodos (6500 ft.). 

 The camp is, I believe, situated at some 500 feet below the 

 summit of the range. *. G. * 



71. Rock Nuthatch. Sitta syriaca. 



We did not meet with this species, or indeed with any 

 Sitta in Cyprus, nor could Guillemard hear of the existence 

 of the bird, or anything like it, in the most probable locali- 

 ties ; but S. syriaca is recorded by Unger and Kotschy in 

 'Die Inscl Cypern,' and therefore I place it in this list. 



