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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
migration, and I am inclined to think that its numbers are 
swollen in winter by migrants from the north. It has 
been mentioned by nearly every former writer, including 
Sibthorp. It nests in Cyprus in April and May, and I have 
notes of clutches of eggs taken from the 16th of the former 
to the 15th of the latter month, but I have also found them 
highly incubated as early as May the 4th. Madarasz states 
that the specimens sent to him from Cyprus are a little 
paler in colour but have a deeper rufous tinge than mid- 
European examples, and are not nearly so dark as the form 
which occurs in the Balkans. 
560. Calandrella brachydactyla (LeisL). 
The Short-toed Lark appears to have been first recognised 
in Cyprus by Lord Lilford, who found it not very abundant 
and apparently local on the plains of Salamis in April 1875 ; 
he obtained specimens, but did not observe it in any other 
part of the island. Neither Pearse nor Guillemard seems to 
have come across it, nor, so far as I am aware, has Glaszner 
sent any specimens to Madarasz. However, I found a male 
amongst Glaszner’s skins taken on the 3rd of March, 1906, 
at Astromeriti, not far from Morphou, and Horsbrugh 
obtained two near Papho in the middle of May, one of which 
was a remarkably pale specimen. I have hardly enough 
material to generalise upon the status of this bird in the 
island, and I can only suppose that it is partially a summer 
visitor, many, however, merely passing through on the 
spring and autumn migrations. 
567. Sturnus vulgaris Linn. 
During the last twenty years Sturnus vulgaris has been so 
subdivided that nowadays the observations of older writers 
may not represent what would be regarded as modern 
accuracy. In dealing with the Starlings I therefore follow 
what has been written by Madarasz. Large flocks of 
Starlings frequent the marshes and the plains of the island 
during the winter months. They arrive towards the middle 
of October, but, as a rule, are not noticed in any considerable 
