332 Lord Lilford— Lis/ of 



Limasol to Papho to rejoin the yacht, a bird of about the 

 size of a Roller, but with a long red beak and blue wings, 

 sitting on a bough within a few yards of the mule-track 

 upon which he was travelling. He pulled up to shoot at it, 

 upon which the bird flew up a gully out of sight, with a 

 curious harsh scream, and in spite of a long search my 

 informant could not get another glimpse of the bright- 

 coloured unknown. I may mention that as this man was not 

 a Greek I have no reason to doubt his story ; he assured me 

 that he had never seen any bird at all resembling the subject 

 of this tale. Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p. 102. 



131. "Picussp. ? Kpaou709." Unger and Kotschy, o/*. 

 supra cit. 



None of us met with any species of Woodpecker in Cyprus. 



132. Wryneck. lynx torqidlla. 



I recognized the cry of this bird more than once near 

 Limasol in May 1875 ; but the only specimen in my posses- 

 sion is a female obtained at Piskopi by Guillemard, March 

 24, 1887, and I am inclined to consider the Wryneck as a 

 sotaewhat rare species in the island. *. 



133. Ring Dove. Culumba palumbus. 



I did not meet with the Wood Pigeon in Cyprus, but 

 Guillemard obtained specimens near Limni in June 1887, 

 and also records meeting with it in the neighbourhood of 

 Anoyona, on the slopes of the Troodos range in January 

 1888 : cf. Ibis, 1888, p. 123, and 1889, p. 209. It is also 

 recorded by Unger and Kotschy, op. svpra cit. ^. G. 



134. Stock Dove. Columba amas. 



Cf. Unger and Kotschy, o/;. supra cit. I believe that I 

 saw a pair of these birds near Trikhomo, but it is possible, 

 as they were at a considerable distance, that they may have 

 been Wood Pigeons ; they were certainly not Rock Doves. 



135. Rock Dove. Columba livia. 



In great abundance in the cliffs between Cape Zephgari 

 and Cape Gatta, and often met with in the plains of Salamis 

 and other parts of the island. ^ 



