Ornithology of Cyprus. 651 



no doubt scattered over the country^ and only occasionally 

 "were a few seen. 0£ about a dozen Sand-Grouse which I 

 handled all were o£ this species. Mr. Eaxendale sent his 

 three live birds to Major Boyd Horsbrugh, by "whom they 

 were deposited in the London Zoological Gardens. 



911. Phasianus colchicus Linn. 



In my previous notes in this Journal I mentioned our 

 attempt to re-introduce the Pheasant. We divided our 

 twenty-eight birds into two lots — one under the care of 

 Mr. Barrett at the Athalassa farm near Nicosia, and the 

 rest in Mr. T. Greenwood's aviaries at Larnaca. To the 

 first lot a sad disaster happened, as in the spring, owing to 

 the carelessness of a servant, a door of one of the pens was 

 left ajar, and a fox got in and killed all except one cock and 

 one hen, which escaped into the plantations. I turned out 

 there another hen, as the cock was frequently seen again. 



Mr. Greenwood was very successful, and had far more 

 eggs than he could deal with : he reared some sixty birds. 

 The early broods did very well, but those hatched in May 

 remained stunted and dwarfed by the great heat of the 

 summer, and only attained full growth when about eight 

 months old. We turned out a number of birds high up on 

 the Troodos range in February this year, and others in one 

 of the game-reserved areas. It is too early yet to say how 

 they will eventually fare, but we know that some of the 

 hens are sitting on eggs in the woods. 



958. CoTURNix COMMUNIS Bonnatcrrc. 



I found that the Quail breeds fairly freely in the barley, 

 and I had eggs in early April from several different localities. 

 I can often hear its nice little note all night from my 

 bedroom window. 



984. Rallus aquaticus Linn, 



The Water-Rail we find to be a very common winter 

 visitor from the beginning of October till the middle of 

 March in all suitable localities. I had notes of quite thirty 

 examples being shot last winter. 



