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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
The egg which we obtained was rather heavily splashed 
with reddish brown, chiefly at the upper end, and measured 
3 # 58 X 2’76 inches. 
713. Neophron percnopterus (Linn.). 
Unger and Kotschy add the Egyptian Vulture to Sibthorp^s 
list, but it is perhaps rather remarkable that no one seems 
as yet to have been able to confirm their record. 
714. Gypaetus barbatus (Linn.). 
Ilorsbrugh and I did not expect to find the Bearded 
Vulture in Cyprus, but in early March, 1909, we came upon 
a pair in the highest portion of the Kyrenia range. One 
bird suddenly appeared in view in a deep ravine and sailed 
over our heads not fifty yards above us. We saw it again 
several times, and on the following da} T Horsbrugh observed 
it—and a second individual also. There could be no 
possible doubt as to the identification, as we had in view, 
practically at the same time, the Griffon and the Black 
Vultures as well as Eagles. 
These birds may have soared over from the Taurus Moun¬ 
tains—then visible to us as a long glittering snow patch ; but 
it is not at all unlikely that they had an eyrie in one of the 
big precipices in the mountains which we were working. 
715. Circus .eruginosus (Linn.). 
In Cyprus I frequently saw Harriers in spring and 
winter quartering the marshes and the plains, but unless 
they are shot it is impossible as a rule to identify them with 
certainty. 
The Marsh Harrier is at any rate a fairly common visitor 
at. the spring and autumn migrations, and may be found 
throughout the winter. It is quite probable that a few 
pairs nest in one or two localities which are suitable. Lord 
Lilford found it tolerably common in the marshy districts 
during his visit; Guillemard, who frequently mentions 
unidentified “ Harriers ,? in his ‘Ibis'’ articles, shot a male 
near Larnaca in early February, 1888 ; Glaszner obtained a 
male and two females in the same locality in December and 
