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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
407. Chrysomitris spinus (Linn.). 
The only note which I have as to the occurrence of the 
Siskin in Cyprus is that I saw, in July 1908, on Troodos 
two caged male birds said by their owner to have been taken 
in the preceding spring near Limassol. The fact that they 
were in the same hands as the female Greenfinch referred to 
below did not, however, strengthen my belief in the alleged 
locality of their capture. But, I observe, that there was in 
1907 a great invasion of the Siskin into Egypt. This 
species would, of course, only be a winter visitor to the 
island. 
412. Serinus hortulanus Koch. 
The Serin Finch is a fairly abundant bird in Cyprus, and 
seems to have been first definitely noticed by Lord Lilford, 
who found it not uncommon in the south of the island. 
Muller mentions a clutch of eggs which he thought were 
those of this species. Guillemard, who did not regard it on 
the whole as common, met with it in January, March and 
April, and Glaszner sent a few to Madarasz taken in May 
and June. Horsbrugh and I found plenty in March near 
Nicosia, and the former noticed it at the end of May and 
beginning of June in some abundance on Troodos, where it 
was evidently breeding, for he obtained there a very juvenile 
specimen. It is without doubt a partial resident, but at the 
spring and autumn migrations its numbers are, I think, 
considerably augmented. 
416. Ligurinus chloris (Linn.). 
The Greenfinch was included by Lord Lilford in his list 
on the authority of Guillemard, but no data of its occurrence 
are given and it is not mentioned in the latteFs ‘ Ibis * 
articles. Lord Lilford evidently included the species with 
considerable hesitation, and it has not, so far as I know, 
been hitherto observed by anyone else. 
I saw a caged female on Troodos in the summer of 1908, 
which I was informed had been taken near Limassol in the 
early part of that year. It seemed to me to be of normal 
appearance ~ and not to exhibit any particularly bright 
