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country at the beginning of April; Pearse and Guillemard 
together record it in November, December, January, Feb¬ 
ruary, and March; whilst numerous specimens sent by 
Glaszner to Madarasz were taken in January, February, 
March, October, and November. Mr. Baxendale, Hors- 
brugh, and I obtained it in 1909 from the 9th of March to 
the 5th of April; and I have sometimes noticed it myself 
in the cold weather. It seems to arrive in October and 
to leave at the end of March or beginning of April. 
75. Ruticilla phcenicurus (Linn.). 
The Redstart was first noticed in the island by Lord 
Lilford, who observed a few individuals in the Karpas district; 
Pearse sent Lord Lilford two with illegible data ; Guillemard 
obtained a male in the Karpas on April 26th, 1888; Glaszner 
sent to Madarasz sixteen specimens taken in various localities 
in March, April, September, and October. Miss Bate states 
that she saw a few among the pine-trees on Troodos during 
the summer, and found it common in winter in the low hills 
north of Nicosia. 
During the summer of 1908 I repeatedly saw a pair 
near the grounds of Government House, on Troodos, where 
they were certainly nesting ; Mr. Jebb sent me a male 
taken at the Acheritou reservoir in November ]908; and 
Mr. Baxendale, Horsbrugh, and I found and took the bird 
in fair numbers from the 1st to the 18th of April, 1909. 
Mr. Horsbrugh saw one near Papho as late as May 18th. The 
Redstart is no doubt in the main a visitor on the spring 
and autumn migrations, but, like not a few other species, 
often finds in Cyprus congenial winter-quarters, whilst a few 
stay for the summer and nest in the mountains—habits rather 
typical of birds visiting a middle-range place, such as is this 
island, with warm lowlands and cool highlands. 
76. Ruticilla mesoleuca Ehr. 
Ehrenberg^s Redstart has not hitherto been often recorded 
from the island. It was first noticed by Guillemard, who 
obtained an adult male near Limassol on March 11th, 1887. 
Glaszner sent four examples to Madarasz captured near 
