648 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



788. Ardea cinerea Linn. 



A few Grey Herons remained in the marshes near Fama- 

 gusta throughout the winter. 



789. Ardea purpurea Linn. 



We obtained the Purple Heron on both migrations, from 

 tlie end of March till the beginning of June, aud again in 

 mid -October. It is quite common. 



800. Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). 



We also obtained the Night-Heron on both migrations — 

 from mid- April till the beginning of June, and from mid- 

 August till mid-September. It is fairly common. 



824. AxsER albierons (Scop.). 



The White-fronted Goose was one of the species new for 

 Cyprus which the exceptionally cold winter brought us. 

 A female was shot by INIr. G. B. Amirayan's shikari in 

 December 1910, from a party of three oii some flats near 

 the sea, at a place called Aphendrika, in the Faraagusta 

 district, and was given to Mr. Baxendale. Another was 

 shot on the Larnaca lakes early in 1911, and acquired for 

 Mr. Ansell's collection. 



837. Cygnus musicus Bechst. 



The Whooper Swan was another of last winter's additions 

 to the Cypriote list. About Christmas I heai'd reports that 

 Wild Swans were round the coasts, and on December 28th, 

 1910, Mr. Baxendale bought a young male Whooper from a 

 native gunner. It had been shot on the Spathariko Marsh, 

 close to the sea in the Famagusta district ; it was in poor 

 condition ; its flesh, though dark, was tender, but rather 

 flavourless. The gunner had watched it for several days, 

 and it had, to use his words, " smelt his powder" more than 

 puce before he eventually shot it from a shelter. 



It was said that there was a flock of fourteen individuals 

 in the neighbourhood. 



About the same time '^'a pure white Swan " was for sale 

 iu Limassol market, but Avas eaten before I could ascertain 

 to what species it belonged. 



