342 Lord h\Uon\—List of 



177. Common Redshank. Totanus calidris. 

 Exceediugly common, especially about the salt lakes neai' 



Larnaca, in April 1875. 



178. Spotted Redshank. Totanus f us cus. 



I shot the only specimen in my Cyprian collection in the 

 oft-referred to Aqueduct marsh near Larnaca on April 21, 

 1875. This was the only occasion of my meeting with it in 

 the island, and I have no other record of its occurrence 

 therein. The bird is a female, and rose like a Snipe from 

 thick rushes within easy shooting-distance. *. L. 



179. Greenshank. Totanus glottis. 



Not uncommon in the swampy plains westward of Salamis 

 in April ; I did not observe the Greenshank in flocks, but 

 singly or in couples, probably in pairs. *. 



180. Black-tailed Godwit. Limosa melanura. 



I did not positively identify this bird in Cyprus, but feel 

 little doubt as to having seen it near Famagusta, in which 

 neighbourhood Guillemard obtained specimens in March 



1888. *. G. 



181. Curlew. Numenius arquata. 



Although none of us obtained this species in Cyprus, I saw 

 it in great numbers about the Akrotiri salt lake in April 

 1875, as also subsequently in other localities. Cf. Unger 

 and Kotschy, op. supra cit. 



182. Whimbrel. Numenius phceoj)Usl 



The only Whimbrel obtained by any of us in Cyprus was 

 shot by Guillemard at Kuklia, and stolen by a cat {cf. Ibis, 



1889, p. 213). I saw great numbers of what I took to be 

 Slender-billed Curlews {Numenius tenuirostris) near Larnaca 

 and Limasol, but never managed to approach them closely 

 enough for absolute certainty of identification. I have ap- 

 pended a sign of interrogation after the Latin specific name 

 ph<sopus above, as I think it more than probable that Guille- 

 mard's bird may have been A^. tenuirostris. 



