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labelled by otber ornitbologists as belouging to some of tbe 

 otber forms mentioued above. 



G18. Caprimulgus europ.eus Linn. 



I had tlionght it probable that the Nightjar nested in the 

 island, and in 1911 there was no doubt that it did so on the 

 Troudos jMountains. The birds were about the whole summer, 

 and judging fi*om their "churring'' in the evening there were 

 several pairs within a radius of a few miles of the Government 

 Ofhces. We did not find the nest, but in late August met 

 with a female and two young birds just able to fly. 



Mr. Baxendale saw a specimen at Famagusta as late as 

 November 24th, 1911. 



669. Upupa epops Linn. 



I found the Hoopoe nesting in June in the plains ; this was 

 in a crack in the rocks at the side of the main road between 

 Nicosia and Larnaka. It had of course been known to breed 

 regularly in the mountains. 



721. BuTEO VULGARIS Lcacli. 



The Common Buzzard seems to occur not very rarely in 

 winter. Mr. Baxendale obtained two females — one on the 

 27th of January, 1912, at Famagusta^ and the other on the 

 29th of January, 1912. at Salamis. 



739. Haliaetus albicilla (Linn.). 



I have here to correct an error. The specimen recorded 

 in 'The Ibis' for October, 1911, at p. 646, was taken 

 to England by Mr. Baxendale, and on examination by 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant turned out only to be a fine specimen of 

 Aquila heliaca Savigny, the Impeiial Eagle. 



762. Falco cherrug J, E. Gray. 



Mr. Baxendale obtained a female Saker in the winter of 

 1911-12. Although recorded before on one or two occasions 

 from the island, it is the first time any of us had obtained a 

 proper specimen. It was kindly identified by Mr. W. L. 

 Sclater. 



