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plumage. The nest, which with fully fledged young has 
been found by Mr. Nicolls near Kykko Monastery, has been 
described by him to me as of similar character to that of the 
British Cinclus aquaticus ) and the eggs will, no doubt, be 
found typical. 
I am not competent to express any useful opinion as to 
the propriety of Madarasz’s separation of the Cypriote bird 
as a subspecies, which that author places as intermediate 
between C. albicollis (Vieill.) and C. cashmiriensis Gould. 
The number of specimens available for examination hitherto 
has, I understand, been limited to about half a dozen, but 
the series now in London should perhaps enable the matter 
to be clearly determined. On general grounds it would 
not be surprising to find some well-marked local charac¬ 
teristics in a non-migratory insular species of such closely 
restricted range on an island chain of hills. The bird has 
been well known to several of the English officials for a good 
many years, and I am credibly informed that the peasant 
gunners will continue to shoot it for the “ pot,” though it is 
now entirely protected by law at all seasons. 
42. Saxicqla oenanthe (Linn.). 
The Wheatear is a common visitor on spring and autumn 
migration. It arrives from the south about the middle or 
towards the end of March, but, though a few individuals 
may halt till May, all practically have left by the end of April. 
It passes back about the end of September and in October. 
I have no evidence of its nesting in Cyprus. 
46. Saxicola morio Hempr. & Ehr. 
Saxicola cypriaca E. E. Homeyer (?). 
I must preface my remarks on this and the succeeding 
five species by stating that I am by no means fully capable 
of dealing, at present, in an adequate manner with the 
Wheatears which occur in Cyprus. The nomenclature used 
by the earlier writers who make reference to them has 
rendered necessary careful inquiry into the different 
synonyms utilized. The local records relative to them are 
very meagre, and, unfortunately, Horsbrugh was, through 
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