G34 Mr. J. A. Buckiall on the 



the forty-mile " born " : these islands are uninliabited, and 

 are never visited except by an occasional fisherman ; indeed, 

 the last ten miles of the promontory are practically desolate. 

 The largest island lias a little coarse grass^ a kind of stone- 

 crop, and a spring of fresli Mater M'liicli is said to be dry in 

 summei'. 



Mr. Baxendale found there the Mediterranean Gull 

 breeding in considerable numbers and brought me several 

 eggs, a Lesser Peregrine's nest with two young aiul one 

 addled egg (four dead Quail and a Shearwater (?) formed 

 the larder), also a few Shags which were nesting, a number 

 of Ptock-Doves, and a few Turtie-Doves. On the peninsula 

 were many Wheatears, one or two Ruffs, nests of the Red- 

 rumped Swallow (of which Mr. Baxendale took the eggs), 

 and other common birds. The wind rose, and Mr. Baxendale 

 had some difficulty in getting back to the mainland — a three- 

 hours' row. 



1. TuRDUs VTscivoRus Liuu. 



The very severe weather in January and February 1911 

 brought in hundreds of Mistletoe-Thrushes, which were shot 

 in numbers all over the island, and exposed for sale with 

 strings of the Common Thrush in the bazaars. The last 

 note that I had of their stay was on March 26th, but nearly 

 all had gone by the end of the first week of that month. 



2. TuRDus Musicus Linn. 



This species was exceptionally abundant last winter, 

 and when the cold weather broke in mid-March it sang 

 beautifully everywhere — not a usual occurrence here. 



7. TuRDus iLiAcus Linn. 



Though fully expecting to come across the Redwing in the 

 exceptionally cold winter of 1910-11, and though we all 

 looked out for it carefully, I only discovered one — a male, 

 obtained at Larnaca on February 24th by Mr. W. J. Ansell. 



Schrader states that this species " is found everywhere " ; 

 but this is an error. This specimen is the first and only 

 properly identified example from the island. 



