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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
of February, and from that time until the early autumn is 
very conspicuous. We took eggs in May and specimens 
from February to June. It keeps to the cultivated iands 
and we did not notice it in the forest heights. 
503. Emberiza melanocephala Scop. 
There is little doubt that Sibthorp refers to the Black¬ 
headed Bunting when he mentions having been greatly 
struck by a beautiful Fringilla, “ perhaps,’* he says, “ the 
F. flaveota of Linnaeus.** He gives the Greek name 
“ otcapOakis ** by which the bird is still well-known in 
Cyprus. Sibthorp met with it at the end of April. As 
U F. flaveota Linn.?** it, of course, appears in Unger and 
Ivotschy*s list, but they add also Emberiza melanocephala, a 
name which was not used by Sibthorp. Lord Lilford 
found it in great abundance near Trikomo and on the 
south coast of the Karpas and drew attention to the prepon¬ 
derance in number of the males. Muller mentions many 
specimens and two clutches of eggs taken in May. Guille- 
mard found a few on Troodos, but considered its true home 
to be on the northern coast, and he also observed that the 
males were much in numerical superiority. Glaszner sent 
many to Madarasz taken on the southern range in May and 
June, a melanistic specimen being amongst them. Air. 
Baxendale noted its arrival at Fapho on the 22nd of April; 
Horsbrugh found it in plenty and took several nests in 
various localities in the following month (1909). 
It is a common summer visitor, arriving at the end of 
April or beginning of May and breeding freely in the hills 
very shortly after its arrival. It leaves early, and I do not 
recollect any being seen later than the end of August. Its 
nest is not hard to find and we took clutches of six eggs ; 
but five seem to be the usual complement. 
515. Emberiza hortulana Linn. 
The Ortolan has long been popularly supposed to be 
common in Cyprus and one of, if not the ordinary, species 
which are caught in large numbers and sold as u beccaficoes.** 
