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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
in a few places in the island are thoroughly explored by a 
competent ornithologist in May, very little can be said with 
certainty as to the status of quite a number of birds which 
have hitherto been only casually reported. 
194. Cettia cettii (Marm.). 
Cettia sericea (Temm.), B. O. U. List, p. 22. 
Lord Lilford heard CettPs Warbler once near Limassol 
during his visit; Pearse obtained one example on November 
the 11th, 1878, and Guillemard another at Lefka (not far 
from the sea) on May the 23rd, 1887. 
These are the only local records with which I am 
acquainted. 
199. Cisticola cursitans (Franklin). 
Lord Lilford considered the Fantail Warbler to be common 
in the wheat-lands bordering the marshes; Guillemard 
found it abundant, in the early part of April 1887, near the 
Larnaca salt-lake ; and Glaszner sent a specimen, taken near 
Larnaca on October the 19th, 1901, to Madarasz. I have on 
several occasions in April seen a few in the close vicinity of 
Nicosia, and Mr. Baxendale and Horsbrugh found the bird 
fairly common in the Papho district from the 6th to the 25th 
of May, 1909. Its precise status in the island I have not yet 
been able to determine, but I suspect that it is a resident. 
232. Parus major Linn. 
The Great Titmouse is a common resident. It w T as first 
noticed by Lord Lilford, and Muller mentions clutches of 
eggs taken on April the 23rd and May the 17th. Guillemard 
found it extremely common and generally distributed; while 
Glaszner sent a large series to Madarasz, taken in various 
localities in every month of the year except July and De¬ 
cember, and has obtained fledglings in April, May, and June. 
To this 1 have little to add. I have had this bird in my 
garden at Nicosia from October to June and have seen it 
wherever I have been in the island. At Nicosia, young on the 
wing were noticed by me on April the 27th, 1909; Horsbrugh 
