the Birds of Cyprus. 345 



winter, often in very larg6 numbers, but neither Guillemard 

 nor linger seem to have met witli it. *. P. 



196. Grey-lag Goose. Anser ferus. 



Cf. Unger & Kotschy, op. supra cit. Guillemard (Ibis, 

 1889, p. 210) mentions seeing " a fine string of Geese " 

 passing over the salt-lakes south of Larnaka on one occasion, 

 but I have no example of any species of Goose from Cyprus. 



197. Mute Swan. Cygnus olor. 



Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p. 111. The specimen there 

 mentioned, and Guillemard^s note at the page referred to, are 

 my authority for the occurrence of this Swan in Cyprus. 

 *. G. 



198. Ruddy Sheld-Duck. Tadorna casarca. 



Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1889, p. 214. I am positively as- 

 sured, on fair authority, that this species breeds in the Papho 

 district. I may here mention, to account for the brevity of 

 my references to the Ducks, that, although Pearse spent the 

 whole winter of 1878-79 in Cyprus, I did not receive a single 

 specimen of the genera Anas and Fuligula from him, and, with 

 one exception, to be mentioned below, did not myself identify 

 any Ducks during my visit to the island. *. G. 



199. Common Sheld-Duck. Tadorna cornuta. 

 Cf Guillemard, Ibis, 1889, pp. 211, 213. *. G. 



200. Mallard. Anas boschas. 



It is superfluous to note Guillemard^s frequent mention of 

 this species in his ' Ibis ' articles. I picked up some moulted 

 feathers of this Duck near Salamis about the end of April, 

 but, though I often saw flights of Ducks, was never but 

 once near enough to identify them; the exception was in 

 the case of the following species. *. G. 



201. Marbled Duck. Anas angustirostris. 



I recognized a small flight of Ducks as belonging to this 

 species on the shores of the Bay of Episkopi, April 15, 1875, 

 and early in the following month my yacht-captain, in my 

 presence, shot a female, which evidently had a nest, near 

 Limasol. Guillemard obtained a nest and eggs of this Duck 



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