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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
besides visiting the mountains. He made a large collection 
of skins and eggs, the bulk of which is now at the 
South Kensington Natural History Museum. Even wfith 
all this welcome aid our united endeavours have not as yet 
been able to accomplish very much, but we have succeeded 
in swelling the list by the addition of Tardus iliacus, Tardus 
alpestris, Podicipes nigricollis, Gypaetus barbutus, Clangula 
glaucion, Chenalopex agyptiacus , Anser segetum, Branta her - 
nicla , Turtur senegalensis, Houbara macqueeni, and Chryso- 
mitris spinus, and in discovering a certain amount about 
the nesting, migration, and distribution of a good many 
species. 
A word should perhaps be here said as to the local 
protection of wild birds and game. “ Game ” in Cyprus is 
defined to include Pheasants, Francolins, Partridges, Sand- 
Grouse, Bustards, Wild Ducks, Wild Geese, Woodcocks, Snipe, 
Quails, and Land-Bails. The inclusion of Pheasants, which 
have long been extinct in the island, was due, no doubt, to 
an attempt at their introduction shortly after the British 
occupation in 1878, the definition first appearing in a law 
of 1879. There is a summer close-season for all game; Fran¬ 
colins are totally protected for five years from March 17th, 
1906. The taking of eggs of game-birds and the export of 
game are prohibited. There is a close-time for wild birds 
and their eggs during the breeding-season, except in the 
case of Sparrows, Crows, Ravens, Magpies, Doves, and a few 
other species thought to be harmful. The export of skins 
and eggs of birds is prohibited; but the High Commissioner 
may grant special permission to enable persons to collect 
and export birds and their eggs for scientific research. The 
local Dipper, Wren, Tree-creeper, Crossbill, Chat, Great and 
Coal Titmice and their eggs are, by a law passed this year, 
protected at all seasons. A gun-licence, including the right 
to shoot game, costs ten shillings, and is, as a matter of 
practice, issued to any person who can produce, which is not 
difficult, a certificate of respectability from his local “Elders.” 
Very roughly some five thousand gun-licences are issued 
annually. A good many of the Cypriote upper classes, both 
