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state, without any hesitation^ that the few birds of this family- 

 observed by me on the coasts of Cyprus were of the following 

 species. 



213. SuAG. Phalacrocorax graculus. 



Observed occasionally off the south coast in pairs or singly 

 in April or May 1875. I received an immature light-breasted 

 specimen of this species, without label, in January 1889, 

 through Guillemard, fix)m Captain Young of Famagusta. *. 



214. Dalmatian Pelican. Pelecanus crispus. 



Cf. Tristram, apud Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. vi, 

 p. 300. Guillemard, in our rough list, writes after Pelecanus, 

 " both species." 



215. Roseate Pelican. Pelecanus onocrotalus. 



I include this species solely on the authority of Guille- 

 mard, as quoted immediately above. I am inclined to think 

 that this species is at least as common as P. crispus in Cyprus, 

 for the peasants assured us that the " Ass-headed Swans " 

 which visit the salt-lakes in the winter were as white as the 

 snow on Troodos. 



216. Common Tern. Sterna fluviatilis. 



Not uncommon on the coast near Famagusta and Salamia 

 in April and May. *. 



217. Little Tern. Sterna minuta. 



I may repeat the above sentence with regard to this 

 species. *. 



^ 218. Caspian Tern. Sterna caspia. 



Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p. 113. I clearly distinguished 

 two of these Terns near Limasol early in May 1875, and 

 feel but little doubt about having seen the species on the 

 coasts of Cyprus on other occasions. 



219. White-winged Black Tern. Hydrochelidon leu- 

 copter a. 



Very abundant, apparently arriving about the middle of 

 May. I first saw this species near Ktima on the 12th of that 



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