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Ornithology of Cyprus . 
I shot a male in January at Morphou; and Horsbrugh 
and I found a good many near Nicosia from March the 12th 
to April the 18th, 1909, and obtained some specimens. 
But Horsbrugh did not meet with it on the hills in May, 
and, though no proper attention has yet been paid to this 
group in the island, I am very doubtful whether any Meadow- 
Pipits remain in Cyprus during the summer. 
315. Anthus trivialis (Linn.). 
The Tree-Pipit is also certainly a visitor at the spring and 
autumn migrations. I think some individuals may remain 
during the winter, but I do not believe that it breeds in the 
island. Lord Lilford found it not uncommon near Larnaca in 
the latter half of April, and Guillemard noticed it, evidently 
in some numbers, at the beginning of May. Glaszner has 
procured it in April, September, and October. My only 
note of this bird in the island is of the 1st of March, 1908, 
on which date I observed a few of what I took to be Tree- 
Pipits amongst the trees in the moat at Nicosia. 
317. Anthus cervinus (Pall,). 
The Red-throated Pipit is a visitor on the spring and 
autumn migrations. Lord Lilford found it not uncommon 
in the plains near the coast in April and May, and thought 
it more common than A. pratensis. Guillemard noticed it 
in small docks of twenty or thirty on the marshy grounds 
near Famagusta at the end of April. It does not seem to 
have been met with by Glaszner ; but Horsbrugh and I took 
one specimen on the 28th of March, 1909, and saw numbers and 
obtained a male and female on May the 2nd, near Nicosia. 
318. Anthus spipoletta (Linn.). 
The Water- or Alpine Pipit was first noticed by Sibthorp, 
who caught a specimen on his vessel whilst off Cyprus on 
April the 3rd, 1787. The species was, of course, included in 
Unger and Kotschy's list. Lord Lilford obtained a female 
near Larnaca on April the 21st, 1875, in nuptial plumage, and 
Guillemard a male in winter dress near Limassol on January 
the 5th, 1888. I am not aware that the bird has been obtained 
