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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
home one shot near Famagusta on March 19th, 1888, and 
later—in 1889—received another (without data) from 
Captain, now Sir, Arthur Young, then Commissioner at that 
place, probably taken in the autumn of the preceding year. 
Miss Bate, however, found this Cuckoo not uncommon in 
the spring of 1902, particularly on the slopes of the northern 
range, and Glaszner sent seven to Madarasz taken in the 
Larnaca neighbourhood in March, April, May, and August. 
Mr. Baxendale, Horsbrugh, and I met with the Great Spotted 
Cuckoo in 1909 from March the 9th until April the 2nd, 
shooting or seeing over a dozen. Mr. G. Wilson saw two 
near Nicosia as late as the 19th of April in the same year, 
and Mr. Nicolls has once seen it on the summit of Troodos. 
It certainly seems to be in the main confined to the wooded 
portions of the plains and foot-hills. Although some indi¬ 
viduals may be true summer visitors and avail themselves 
of the friendly nests of the abundant Hooded Crows and 
Magpies, my own opinion is that the species is a rather 
rare visitor on spring and autumn migration, the return 
passage taking place at the end of August. 
Amongst the numerous eggs of Hooded Crows and Mag¬ 
pies which I have handled I have never seen an egg which 
belonged to this bird. Horsbrugh found that their crops 
contained mainly hairy larvse. 
688. Asio OTUS (Linn.). 
The Long-eared Owl would appear to be a rare winter 
visitor. Pearse sent a male to Lord Lilford, taken on 
November the 8th, 1878, at Levka near Morphou, and 
Glaszner forwarded to Madarasz a female shot in November, 
1902, and a male in January, 1903, the latter being remark¬ 
ably pale in colour. 
[ know of no other records. 
689. Asio acciP iTitiN us (Pall.). 
Asia brachyotus B. O. U. List, p. 88. 
The Short-eared Owl is a winter visitor, though no doubt 
many examples are merely birds of passage. Lord Lilford 
met with it frequently in the plains near Famagusta and 
