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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
986. Porzana maruetta (Leach). 
The Spotted Crake we find very common in likely spots 
at the migrations, and a few stay for the winter : Mr. Baxen- 
dale thinks that some may have bred at the freshwater lake in 
May 1910, but they had all gone from there by June 3rd. 
We obtained specimens in March, April, May, October, 
and November. 
987. Porzana bailloni (Vieill.). 
We obtained specimens of Baillon’s Crake in March and 
April at the freshwater lake. 
989. Porzana parva (Scop.). 
The Little Crake seems quite common in March and 
April at the freshwater lake, and Mr. Baxendale obtained 
one there as early as February 26th, 1911. 
993. Crex pratensis Bechst. 
I had never heard the Corn-Crake call in Cyprus, but 
Mr. G. F. Wilson detected one on April 23rd, 1911, near 
Nicosia, walked it up and shot it. We got two more in the 
autumn of 1910. 
998. Gallinula ciiloropus (Linn.). 
The Water-hen nested in the summer of 1910 on 
Limassol salt-lake, whence Mr. Michell sent me eggs taken 
in May. 
999. Fulica atra Linn. 
The Coot bred in very large numbers on Kouklia 
reservoir in the summer of 1910. I saw many eggs in 
April and May. 
1010. Otis tarda Linn, 
The Great Bustard occurred during the very cold weather 
of February 1911. We heard rumours of Wild Turkeys 
and offered ample rewards. Five were said to be at a place 
called Beila in the Larnaca district, and eventually a 
peasant found three near a village called Stroullos, and 
winged one with a long shot from his muzzle-loader. He 
chased it, according to his own account, for many miles, 
and despatched it, after what he vividly described as 
