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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
September 1908 I found this species, at times, common on 
Troodos, but saw none after the end of the last-named month. 
It arrives early and a few, no doubt, stay in or strangle to 
the island in winter, Guillemard having observed a solitary 
specimen in December. The bulk appear, I think, in March, 
though Mr. Nicolls reported a flock at the sea-coast near 
Episcopi (Limassol district) on the 5th of February this year 
(1909). The first seen by Horsbrugh were on April the 8th 
at the Ivouklia reservoir, and afterwards, in early June, he 
noticed a fair number on the southern range. Mr. Baxendale 
came across a large colony this year at the end of May nesting 
on some cliffs at Amargeti in the Papho district. 
1 have never seen it close to Nicosia. 
400. Cotile riparia (Linn.). 
Lord Lilford states that the Sand-Martin, which was 
observed in April and May, but regarded by him as not 
common in any part of the island which he visited, was 
included in Unger and Kotschy^s list : but this is a mistake. 
Muller mentions an adult male taken in spring; Guillemard, 
who did not obtain specimens, also, according to Lord Lilford, 
noticed this species, but, apparently, makes no mention of 
it in his f Ibis ; articles. Glaszner does not appear to have 
sent Madarasz any specimens. Horsbrugh observed a con¬ 
siderable number during his visit—the first being seen at 
Acheriton reservoir on March the 23rd; four days later it 
occurred there in some numbers, and on April the 7th, 8th, 
and 9tli in abundance; Mr. Baxendale first noticed it at 
Papho on March the 29th; and the latest note of its presence 
of which I have any record is on May the 25th near the same 
place. The Sand-Martin may perhaps nest in some suitable 
localities, but I do not know of any definite record of its 
having done so. In any case it is not a very abundant 
visitor on the spring and autumn migrations. 
402. Cotile rupestris Scop. 
The Crag-Martin was first recorded by Lord Lilford, who 
saw it once only, in small numbers in the Karpas district. 
Guillemard found it nesting at the end of March near the 
