Ornitholoyy of Cyprus. 11 



described as Phalacrocorax desmaresti (Payraudeau), the 

 Mediterranean Shag]. The species must breed very early 

 in Cyprus. 



794. AiiDEA GARZETTA Linn. 



Mr. Baxendale obtained the Little Egret on April 13th, 

 1912, at the Freshwater Lake, Famagusta. He also obtained 

 another on the 15th at Salamis. 



803. Ardetta minuta (Linn.). 



We obtained a very pretty female albinistic specimen of 

 the Little Bittern in the spring of 1912. 



812. Platalea leucorodia Linn. 



Half a dozen Spoonbills appeared at the Freshwater Lake 

 in May, but Mr. Baxendale was unable to obtain a specimen, 

 though he saw them more than once. 



Chenalopex ;Egyptiacus (Linn.). 



The Egyptian Goose occurred at the Freshwater Lake in 

 January 1912. About a dozen were frequently noticed, but 

 we did not succeed in obtaining a specimen. Seven also 

 appeared on the water at Arona, near Nicosia, on January 

 21st : rather later than usual. 



824. AnSER ALBIFRONS (Scop.). 



The White-fronted Goose came over in fair numbers in 

 December 1911. Mr. Giles, the Irrigation Superintendent, 

 bagged two, and a native gunner shot seven in one night at 

 Acheritou reservoir. 



858. ^THYIA MARTLA (LiuU.). 



The Scaup Duck has to be included in the Cyprus list. 

 The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain has kindly drawn attention to 

 the fact that Lichtenstein, in his ' Verzeichniss der Dou- 

 bletten des Zoolog. Museums der Konigl. Universitat zu 

 Berlin^ (1823), p. 85, mentions examples of the Scaup from 

 Cyprus [Brit. Mus. Cat. Birds, xxvii. p. 355]. It would 

 only be a winter visitor. 



8G7 ? (Edemia fusca (Linn.) ? 



Scoters again turned up this year (1912), Mr. Baxendale 

 seeing some on Kouklia Reservoir early in April, He did 



