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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
of notice that six out of seven nests contained three eggs 
each. The nests were quite bulky structures made of sea- 
wrack, towq feathers, string, straw, rag, twigs, wool, and 
dried grass, all these materials being agglutinated together ; 
the dimensions measuring quite nine by six inches: they 
were placed between the deep undercut supporting arms of 
a balcony and the under parts of the supported projecting 
surfaces. 
On June 6th, 1909, Horsbrugh found young in nests on 
the southern range. 
The Swift leaves the island at the beginning of September, 
or even at the end of August, and at the Troodos hill-station 
I have never seen it after the end of July. 
611. Subsp. Cypselus pekinensis Swinhoe. 
Glaszner appears to have sent to Madarasz only eight 
Swifts, two belonging to the following species and the 
remaining six all resembling C. pekinensis. These six were 
obtained at Larnaca in March, April, and May. Madarasz, 
on these grounds, omits C. apus from the Cypriote list. 
I can only say that the few specimens of Swifts which I 
have handled in Cyprus appear to me not to differ materially 
from C. apus , though it is evident from Madarasz that C. 
pekinensis, or a form very similar, must frequently occur 
in the island. 
612. Cypselus murinus Brehm. 
The Pallid Swift has seldom been recorded from Cyprus, 
but though, as Lord Lilford suggests, it is probably local in 
its distribution in the island, I have no doubt that its 
existence would be overlooked by almost every resident. 
Guillemard obtained specimens at Kykko Monastery late in 
May 1887, where it w r as doubtless breeding, and Glaszner 
sent Madarasz a pair taken at Larnaca on March 24tb, 1901, 
and March 29th, 1902, respectively. 
None of our party has been as yet able to identify 
the species with certainty nor have we w obtained any 
specimens. 
