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109. Grey Crow. Corvus comix. 



Very common in the low eountry near the sea ; frequents 

 the towns and villages, and breeds in low trees almost wher- 

 ever they exist. My specimens have somewhat lighter- 

 coloured mantles than average British birds of their species. 

 We did not meet with C, corone. *. 



110. Rook. Corvus frugilegus. 



Cf. GuiUemard, 'Ibis,' 1888, p. 99. 



Pearse obtained a specimen of this bird in November, and 

 I have every reason to believe that Guillemard is correct in 

 considering it as a somewhat uncommon winter visitor to 

 Cyprus. *. 



111. Jackdaw. Corvus monedula. 



Very abundant and breeding at Famagusta in April 1875 ; 

 this was the only locality in which I noticed this species, but 

 Guillemard met with it at Nikosia in plenty, and observed it 

 in other parts of the island. I suppose that most of my 

 Cyprian Jackdaws would come under the designation of C. 

 collaris, but I am more than ever convinced that the grey 

 collar is not even a constant climatic character. *. 



112. Magpie. Pica caudata. 



Very common and breeds. The Cyprian Magpie does not 

 differ from the ordinary European type except that, in com- 

 mon with many of the South-European Corvida, a good deal 

 of brown appears on the primaries and rectrices of some 

 specimens. *. 



113. Jay. Garrulus glandarius. 



Cf. Guillemard, ' Ibis,' 1888, p. 120. Unger and Kotschy 

 include Garrulus glandarius in their list of the Birds of 

 Cyprus, op. supra cit.; but Mr. H. Seebohm, who has examined 

 the two specimens obtained by Guillemard in 1887 and 

 others brought home by him in 1888, has supplied me with 

 the following observations : — "^'The Cyprian Jay is one of the 

 local races of the Striped-heacled Jay which ranges from 

 Britain to Japan. It is scarcely distinguishable from the 

 East-llussian varietv Garrulus sevcrtzovi, and, like that race. 



