350 Mr. P. L. Sclater on some recently 



light head-breezes and protracted calms, from Cyprus to 

 Rhodes. For my own views on this Shearwater^ cf. Ibis, 

 1887, p. 262. 



231. Little Grebe. Pudiceps fluviatilis. 

 Cf. Guillemard, Ibis, 1888, p. 113. *. G. 



In bringing my list to a conclusion, I will only say that I 

 cannot consider it as by any means a complete one of the 

 birds of Cyprus. My own visit to the island was of short dura- 

 tion, and my excursions were hampered by a variety of causes. 

 Pearse's collections were very meagre and unsatisfactory, 

 and I have reason to believe that many specimens collected 

 by him for me never reached my hands. It is to Dr. Guille- 

 mard that we are principally indebted for the little that has 

 reached us on the subject of Cyprian ornithology, and he was 

 much hindered by bad weather, as also, I fear, more than he 

 has told us, by ill-health, and by that which is always with the 

 traveller in Cyprus, the stolid apathy and untruthfulness of 

 the Greek natives. I would strongly advise any young 

 member of the B. O. U. who may be hesitating whither to 

 take a three-months' run on the shores of the Mediterranean, 

 to lay his course for Cyprus, and to manage to arrive there 

 about the middle or end of January, to take a good retriever, 

 an abundant supply of insect-powder and arsenical soap, and 

 a well-rooted disbelief in the modern Greek. 



XXXIII. — Notes on some recently described Species of 

 Dendrocolaptidae. By P. L. Sclater. 



(Plate XI.) 



The authorities of the U.S. National Museum have lately 

 most kindly sent me over for examination the typical speci- 

 mens of some newly described species of Dendrocolaptidae 

 which I was anxious to see. Amongst them is an example 

 of the striking new form, Berlepschia rikeri*, of which, by 

 the kind permission of the lenders, I am able now to give a 



* Picokiptes rikeri, Ridgw. Pr. U.S. N. M. ix. p. 523 (188G) ; Berlep- 

 schia rikeri, Ridgw. op. cit. x. p. 151 (1887). 



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