344 Lord Lilford— L?'s/ of 



189. Night Heron. Nydicorax griseus. 



Not very abundant, but observed several times, and obtained 

 by me near Limasol. *. 



190. Little Bittern. Botaurus minutus. 



Common at the latter end of April and beginning of May, 

 I believe that this bird breeds in a certain locality near 

 Limasol, as it no doubt does in other parts of Cyprus. ;fc. 



191. Common Bittern. Botaurus stellaris. 



Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1889, p. 219. No specimen was 

 brought home, and this is the only record of the Bittern in 

 Cyprus that I have as yet met with. 



192. White Stork. Ciconia alba. 



I can find no record but my own of the occurrence of the 

 Stork in Cyprus ; indeed, on first making inquiries about 

 birds on our arrival at Larnaca, I was assured that the ab- 

 sence of this species was the most remarkable ornithological 

 fact known to those Avhom I questioned ; but whether they 

 ever alight on the soil of the island or not, I saw a large 

 flock of Storks coming in to land from the southward near 

 Ghalinopori, in the Horn of Cyprus, on the afternoon of 

 April 26, 1875. It is only fair to my Larnaca informants to 

 say that the peasantry ignored the common Greek and Turkish 

 names of this generally well-known species. 



193. Glossy Ibis. Ibis falcinellas. 



Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p, 111, and 1889, p. 215, also 

 Mtiller, op. supra cit. I cannot state positively that I saw 

 this bird in Cyprus. *. G. 



194. Spoonbill. Platalea leucorodia. 



Cf. Miiller, op. supra cit. I can find no other record of 

 this species from Cyprus. 



195. Flamingo. Phcenicopterus roseus. 



I received-one very dilapidated skin of the Flamingo from 

 Pearse, without label, but no doubt obtained near Larnaca 

 during the winter of 1878-79. Many persons told me that 

 the Flamingo visits the great salt lakes of Cyprus during the 



