the Birds of Cyprus. 337 



alluded to. It must be thirty years since I read this article, 

 and I have vainly searched for it during the last fifteen, in 

 a nearly complete set of the old magazine to which I have 

 referred. *. 



147. Water-Hen. Gallinula chloropus. 

 Common in all suitable localities. *. 



148. Coot. Fulica atra. 



I did not meet with this species in Cyprus, but was assured 

 by many persons worthy of credit that it abounds on the 

 fresh- and salt-water lakes of Cyprus during the winter. The 

 Coot is not included in Unger and Kotschy^s list, nor can I dis- 

 cover any mention of it in either of Guillemard's ' Ibis ' articles, 

 but I have a specimen collected by him labelled " Famagusta 

 Lake, 15.3.88/^ and I received others from Pearse. *. 



149. Common Crane. Grus cinerea. 



1 have notes of seeing some long strings of Cranes passing 

 to the northward over the Famagusta district in the third 

 and fourth weeks of April ; the species appeared to be well 

 known and distinguished by the natives from the Demoiselle, 

 though I can find no mention of it in Guiilemard's ' Ibis ' 

 articles or in Unger and Kotschy's list. 



150. Demoiselle Crane. Grus virgo. 



A flock of some thirty of this species frequented the wheat- 

 lands at a short distance to the north-west of Larnaca on, 

 and for several days after, April 17, 1875, but eluded all 

 our attempts to get within shooting-range. Cf. Guille- 

 mard, Ibis, 1889, p. 216, and my own note on Aquila heliaca, 

 supra, p. 307. *. G. 



151. Great Bustard. Otis tarda. 



Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p. 98. From what I heard in 

 Cyprus this bird appears to be a casual and somewhat un- 

 common winter visitor to the Mesorea. 



152. Little Bustard. Otis tetrax. 



Cf Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p. 97, and Mtiller (o. s. c). 

 I saw a small flock of birds near Famagusta which I believe 

 to have been Little Bustards, but they were at too great a 



