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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
tlie same mountains, Miss Bate, about the same date, 
observed others, and during the winter noticed the species 
in many different places in the range. 
It would therefore appear that the bird is, at any rate, a 
partial resident; but I expect, in the main, it is a migratory 
visitor, an occasional pair nesting in likely spots, and a few 
halting to stay for the winter on their southerly movement. 
It was not met with by Lord Lilford, somewhat to his 
surprise, but he apparently did not visit those higher parts 
of the mountains where Miss Bate observed it with such 
frequency. 
29. Cinclus melaxogaster Brehm. 
Cinclus olympicus Madarasz. 
The presence of a Cinclus in Cyprus was first recorded by 
Guillemard, who, in May 1887, observed, but did not obtain 
or identify, a bird of this genus near Kalopanayiotis, about 
4000 feet above sea-level in the Troodos range. He also 
mentions having noticed “the Dipper ” on the summit of 
Troodos in June of the same year. The actual discovery of 
the local form of the Black-bellied Dipper is due to Glaszner, 
who sent two examples to Madarasz, one taken on October the 
3rd, 1902, and the second on January the 4th, 1904, both on 
the southern mountains. Since that date, so Glaszner informs 
me, he has obtained two or three more. I observed this bird 
on several occasions in the summers of 1907 and 1908 on the 
little rocky streams near the camp on the Troodos heights; 
and Mr. Horsbrugh, on his visit to that range in May aud 
June of 1909, found the species tolerably common in 
suitable localities, and obtained a nice series of both adult 
and juvenile specimens, most of which are now at the 
Natural History Museum, South Kensington. 
This Dipper is a resident, but is far from abundant, 
being confined to those high portions of the southern chain 
where, amongst the small stones and perpetually running 
brooks, it can find a satisfactory home. It appears to be 
more common than elsewhere on the very highest slopes of 
the range. It must nest early in the year, as at the end of 
May the young are in full though, of course, juvenile 
