the Birds of Cyprus. 325 



bourliood of Trikhomo, and to the eastward of that village 

 along the south coast of the Karpas district towards the end of 

 April. Guillemard ap])ears to have found it abundantly on 

 the northern side of the northern range, and my experience 

 coincides with his as to the great preponderance of the males 

 over the females {cf. 'Ibis/ 1888, p. 115). Of course the 

 brilliant colours of the males naturally first attract attention, 

 but this excess in their numbers is a positive fact, not only 

 in Cyprus, but on the coasts of Epirus, as I frequently proved 

 in hunting for nests in the latter locality in 1857 and 1858. 

 I believe that this bird is a summer visitor to Cyprus, where 

 it breeds in considerable numbers. *. 



93. E-EED Bunting. Emberizn schcenidus. 



I did not meet with this bird, but amongst the bird-skins 

 collected by Guillemard is one female of this species labelled 

 " Lake near Famagusta, Feburary 13, 1888 j" this is the only 

 evidence in my possession of its existence in the island. *. G. 



9^. Large-billed Reed Bunting. Emberiza pyrrhuloides. 



My only authority for giving this Bunting a place as a 

 Cyprian bird is that its name occurs in a list (founded on a 

 collection of skins and eggs sent to Schliiter of Halle, and 

 supplemented by that of Unger and Kotschy) which was pub- 

 lished by Herr August Miiller, Journ. f. Orn. 1879, pp. 385- 

 393 1- I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. H. Seebohm for 

 this information, as also for a written copy of the list to 

 which I refer. For the sake of brevity, in future reference 

 to any species added by Miiller to the list given by Unger 

 and Kotschy, I shall simply use his name and op. supr. cit. 



95. Chaffinch. Frinyilla Calebs. 



I did not meet with the Chaffinch in Cyprus, and Guil- 

 lemard {cf. 'Ibis,^ 1888, p. 98) appears to have come across it 

 but seldom in the low country, but brought home two males 

 obtained on Troodos in May 1887 and April 1888 respec- 

 tively, and a female from Piskopi, obtained in March of the 

 former year. *. G. 



t " Zur Ornithologie der Insel Cypern.'' Von Aug. Miiller. J. f. O. 

 1870, p 385. 



