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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
visitor to suitable localities from the beginning of November 
till the end of March. We obtained numerous specimens 
in the reed-beds near the Limassol salt-lake, at the fresh¬ 
water lake, Famagusta, near Nicosia, and at Morphou. 
Indeed, at the second-mentioned locality Mr. Baxendale has 
seen hundreds. I sent a few to Dr. Hartert and Mr. Nicoll, 
who identify them as E. s. canneti, the South-European 
form. 
558. Corydus cristatus (Linn.). 
Alauda cristata Linn , B. O. U. List, p. 171. 
Galerita cristata cypriaca Bianchi. 
I sent a number of Crested Larks collected in different 
parts of the island in the spring of 1910 to Mr. Nicoll. 
They were all identified by him as G. c. cypriaca Bianchi 
(Bull. Acad. Sci. Petersburg, 1907, xxv. p. 65). 
560. Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisl.). 
Some numbers of Short-toed Larks nest in the island, as 
I had half a dozen clutches of fresh eggs brought to me 
during May 1910. 
Migrating flocks occurred in April and mid-October. 
567. Sturnus vulgaris Linn. 
568. Sturnus purpurascens Gould. 
Sturnus porphyronotus Sharpe. 
569. Sturnus poltaratskyi Finsch. 
Sturnus vulgaris grcecus Tscliusi & Reiser. 
Sturnus vulgaris balcanicus Buturlin & Harms. 
Older residents in Cyprus than I am had told me of 
the large flights of Starlings which visit the island during 
some winters. From the beginning of November till about 
the middle of March in the winter of 1909-10 very large 
flocks occurred. In Nicosia and its outskirts, which are 
well-provided with groves of tall eucalyptus and other trees, 
great companies numbering many thousands roosted nightly, 
streaming in in serried ranks just before dusk and wheeling 
out at dawn, running a fusillade from dozens of native 
gunners posted just outside the municipal limits (within 
