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visitor. It is extremely plentiful at that season and is sold 
in strings for food. It is certainly the commonest cage- 
bird in the bazaars, and its song, though shrill, is not 
unpleasant. I have seen dozens towards the end of March 
in full song on the plains, and have obtained the bird, as 
late as mid-April. I think that the majority leave in April 
and return in or about October. 
555. Alatjda arvensis Linn. 
Lord Lilford recorded the Skylark as exceedingly abun¬ 
dant in April and May, and regarded it as very common. 
Guillemard obtained it in February and March 1887 and 
1888, and Glaszner sent a good many to Madarasz taken in 
various localities in February, October, and November. I 
have only noticed it near Nicosia in March, and then not 
in any numbers, hut I presume that it is a winter visitor, 
its numbers being augmented by the birds of passage in 
spring and autumn. 
557. Alauda arborea Linn. 
Lord Lilford met with the Woodlark more than once 
in April in the Karpas ; Pearse obtained specimens in 
November; Guillemard two near Limassol on January the 
3rd and one on Troodos on April the 18th, 1888. Glaszner 
sent five taken near Larnaca and on Troodos to Madarasz 
in February, May, September, and December. Horsbrugh 
found it fairly common on Troodos in the first week of 
June 1909 and obtained examples. I should think that 
this species is partially a spring and autumn migrant and 
partially a winter visitor; possibly, also, some may nest in 
the mountains. 
558. Corydus cristatus (Linn.). 
Alauda cristata Linn. B. O. U. List, p. 171. 
The Crested Lark is perhaps numerically the most common 
bird in Cyprus, sharing this distinction with the Goldfinch. 
It is a resident, but of course does not frequent the moun¬ 
tainous parts of the Island. It appears, according to my 
observations, to be particularly noticeable at the periods of 
