Ornithology of Cyprus. 
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Madarasz, who had a female from Glaszner, noted that the 
wing's were somewhat shorter on the apical side than in the 
typical mid-European form. 
One is accustomed to find the Raven breeding in Great 
Britain in very inaccessible places, but in Cyprus it often 
nests in suitable crevices in the little cliffs which form the 
last part of the ascent of the “ Tafel-kop ” hills, so common a 
feature of parts of the island landscape. In the plains in 
winter Ravens often look for food in the fields in company 
with Hooded Crows, Rooks, and Jackdaws. 
608. Corvus frugilegus Linn. 
The Rook is a common winter visitor, although it does not 
seem to have been noticed in any abundance by previous 
writers. Pearse sent to Lord Lilford one specimen only, 
which was taken in November, and Guillemard in his articles 
mentions it only once and then states that “ it did not appear 
to be common, as, indeed, might be expected/'’ Madarasz 
does not seem to have received it from Glaszner. In the 
neighbourhood of Nicosia the Rook arrives in mid-November 
and leaves about mid-March. It may be seen in hundreds in 
company with Jackdaws and Hooded Crows searching for food 
on the cultivated lands, and it roosts at night in the tall 
eucalyptus and other trees usually found in the immediate 
vicinity of the towns and villages. The Rook never, so far 
as I know, nests in the island, my earliest note of its arrival 
being November the 18th and my latest of its stay March 
the 20th. 
610. Cypselus apus (Linn.). 
The Swift is an exceedingly common summer visitor. 
My first note of its arrival is on February 23rd, 1909, wheii 
Mr. Baxendale observed a single bird at Papho: I noticed 
several on March 3rd of the same year at Nicosia, but the main 
body does not arrive until about the second week in March. 
The wide-eaved houses, the ruins, and the old-world towns of 
the island make an ideal home for this bird. It breeds all over 
the island, even in the hotel near the summit of Troodos. 
Horsbrugh took a good many clutches slightly incubated 
at Kyrenia on April 24th, 1909, and it is, perhaps, worthy 
