G50 Mr. J. A. Buckiiill on the 



856. MtnwK kuiina (Pall.). 



The Red-crested Pochard was another visitor during last 

 winter not hitherto recorded from Cyprus. A big flock 

 must have reached the island at the beginning of December 

 1910, and Mr. Baxendalc at Famagusta, Ilorsbrugh at 

 Larnaca, and I at Nicosia^ all bought birds in our respec- 

 tive bazaars on the 3rd. From that date up till the middle 

 of February they were common all round the island, and 

 even inland. They are very good on the table. 



859. j^TiiYiA ruLiGULA (Liuu.). 

 FuUgula cristata, B. O. U, List, p. 129. 



A ^cv! Tufted Ducks stayed at Kouklia reservoir during 

 tlie summer of 1910, and I obtained eggs on July 1st. 



860. ^TIIYIA NVROCA (Guld.). 

 Nyroca ferruginea, B. O. U. Li^t, p. 130. 



Young White-eyed Ducks were shot at Kouklia on 

 September 1st, and I think it is probable that they were 

 bred there. We obtained a few specimens last winter. 



877. Erismatura LEUcocErnALA (Scop.). 



The White-headed Duck again appeared at the end of 

 December 1910, Ilorsbrugh having obtained a female in 

 the Larnaca market. 



895. TuKTUR COMMUNIS Sclby. 



We find that the Turtle-Dove nests fairly commonly in 

 suitable localities in the pluina : Ilorsbrugh took several 

 clutches of eggs in his almond plantations at Pseuda in 

 June. 



904. Pterocles arenarius (Pall.). 



Bunches of the Black-bellied Sand-Grouse seem to have 

 dropped in, to swell the few residents, from the middle of 

 September 1910 until the middle of November. At the 

 river near Pyroi, a few miles from Nicosia, which at that 

 date, before the i^ains, was one of the few places offerin"- 

 plenty of M^ater, literally hundreds came down to drink : 

 Mr. G. F. Wil<<on shot many. When the rains broke thev 



