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who only observed one on his first visit, saw many between 
Troodos and Papho in April 1888, but was told that it was a 
year in which it was exceptionally abundant. Glaszner has 
collected a few in April and May, and shewed me a female 
obtained on October the 8th, 1905. I observed a few in 
April and May of 1908 and 1909; and Horsbrugh and I 
obtained or saw about a dozen birds in 1909 from the 23rd 
of the former to the 14th of the latter month. I never heard 
of this species nesting in Cyprus : but Mr. G. F. "Wilson has 
notes of its occurrence as early as August the 23rd (1903) 
and August the 27th (1908), and has also seen it at the 
end of September. 
350. Lanius minor Gmel. 
As Madarasz remarks, it is certainly noticeable that the 
Lesser Grey Shrike does not appear to have been recorded 
by anyone prior to Glaszner, in view of the fact that it is 
by no means an uncommon visitor in spring and autumn. 
Glaszner sent to Madarasz some twenty - two adult and 
immature specimens taken at Larnaca in August and 
September, and he considers it quite abundant at that 
season. Horsbrugh and I saw and obtained specimens in 
several localities at the end of April and beginning of May 
1909, but in my opinion the bird is not very common, and we 
never saw more than three or four in a day, and not quite a 
dozen in all. My first date was April the 24th and my last 
May the 3rd, so it does not seem to stop long. 
352. Lanius collurio Linn. 
I cannot find any clear reference to Shrikes prior to 
Lord Lilford, though Sibthorp in his journal states that 
“ the two species of Lanius confine themselves to the pine- 
woods with the Black Titmouse.” He does not, apparently, 
include any Lanius in his list, and I am inclined to think 
that he meant Loxia [vide infra, no. 495). 
Lord Lilford did not meet with the Bed-backed Shrike, but 
Pearse obtained specimens in November, while Guillemard 
found it only in the north of the island and on Troodos, at 
the latter place in early June. Glaszner sent a good many 
