12 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 



not succeed in shooting one, so we are stiil in doubt as to 

 which species does occur with us. 



887. CoLUiMBA (ENAS LiuH. 



The Stock-Dove has hitherto been included in the Cyprus 

 list with very great doubt. In December 1911 quite a 

 number appeared in different parts of the island, and we 

 obtained several specimens. 



911. Phasianus colchicus Linn. 



Onr experiment in turning down Pheasants has not yet 

 come to an end, so it is not possible to say what will be 

 the result. Mr. T. Greenwood has borne the whole burden 

 of the by no means inconsiderable expense of rearing and 

 keeping the aviary birds. The parent birds were brought 

 out in the spring of 1910. In February 1911 we turned out 

 some of their progeny in the Stavro Vallc}^ high up in the 

 Southern range : one cock was killed by a dog, and three 

 birds were seen together in the autumn, but of this lot we 

 have heard nothing further. 



Mr. Greenwood turned out another lot near Agios 

 Theodores in the Larnaka District in one of the Game 

 reserves in December of 1911. It was said by the villagers 

 that some of these were so tame that they came and fed 

 with their fowls : also that tw^o hens were supposed to be 

 nesting in the bush. 



Mr. Greenwood, in February 1912, turned out a third lot 

 in another reserve near the sea not far from Paphos, and 

 some of these birds were seen in the foothills, having evidently 

 followed the stream up. I have no further information 

 of them. 



952. Francolinus vulgaris Steph. 



This is rather a good opportunity for taking a survey of 

 the Francolin in the island, as, after having been entirely 

 protected by law for a period of five years, the prohibition 

 automatically ceased from August 12th, 1911, till the end of 

 the year, when another five years' })rotection came on under 

 the new Game Bill. 



