Ornithology of Cyprus. 13 



I obtained full reports from all parts of the island as to 

 the number seen and shot. 



In the Paplios District I reckon about 100 brace were killed, 

 mostly in the low-lying flats between the Kha Potami 

 (river) and Ktinia : this is now made a reserve and guarded. 



In the Karpas there were a few still to be found and a 

 dozen or so were obtained. 



But in the Vallia scrub, at Limassol, and Morphou 

 marshes^ and in the Nahiehs of Chrysochou and Poli, where 

 twenty years ago the bird was common, there are none now. 

 Indeed, the Paphos area mentioned above is the only place 

 where the species has held its own, and this is due to the 

 high hemp, thick cotton, and rough reeds and tangle with 

 which much of this locality is covered. 



In September 1912 I saw about twenty birds in this area 

 when shooting : they are almost impossible to flush without 

 a good dog and creep about unseen, even on lands where 

 there is little cover. If they rise they make for the hemp, 

 through which a dog can hardly penetrate. 



There are a few left on the Kormakiti Cape in the north 

 of the island, but the bird is evidently on the downward 

 grade. It is to be hoped that the arrangements under the 

 new Game Law will keep it from complete extinction. 



1047. HiMANTOPUs CANDiDUs Bonuat. 



In June of 1911 Mr. Ansell obtained a nest of four eggs 

 at the Larnaka Lakes, and at the end of May 1912 

 Mr. Baxendale obtained eggs at the Freshwater Lake, Fama- 

 gusta : so there is now no doubt that, given favourable 

 conditions of water, the Black-winged Stilt nests in small 

 numbers regularly in the island. This I had always thought 

 to be the case. 



1112. Hydrochelidon hybrida (Pall.). 



The Wliiskered Tern is another addition to the Cyprus 

 list. Mr. Baxendale obtained a number of specimens at the 

 Freshwater Lake in May 1911. They were consorting with 

 the Common and Black Terns. The Whiskered Tern may 



