388 
Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
sent me another nearly mature bird which he had shot at the 
Kouklia reservoir on that day. 
788. Ardea cinerea Linn. 
I am not aware that the Grey Heron—or indeed any 
Heron—breeds in Cyprus, but this fact is probably due to 
the absence of suitable situations. 
Herons are, therefore, practically unknown in the island 
except as migrants in spring and autumn, though a few 
probably remain during the winter. The present species 
was recognised by Sibthorp. Lord Lilford and his col¬ 
lectors do not seem to have obtained a specimen, but the 
former states that the bird is occasionally observed though 
not abundant, and Guillemard noticed it near Larnaca in 
early April, 1887. Schrader met with it not uncommonly 
on the spring migration. Glaszner sent Madarasz a speci¬ 
men taken on June the 30th, 1901, from which the latter 
surmises that this species breeds in the island. 
Mr. Jebb found three birds at Acheritou on August the 
30th, 1908; Horsbrugh saw two on March the 23rd, 1909, 
and a single individual six days later at the same place, while 
he obtained with Mr. Baxendale a very juvenile specimen near 
Papho on May the 23rd ; they also saw a single bird on the 
sea-shore near Famagusta on January the 11th, 1910, and 
four days later Mr. Baxendale and I observed another on 
the freshwater lake not far from the same town. We also 
found many later in the spring in the same locality. 
789. Ardea purpurea Linn. 
The Purple Heron is also in Sibthorp’s list. Lord Lil¬ 
ford found it very common in the marshes in April and May 
and frequently noticed it in the wheat-fields. Schrader met 
with it on the spring migration, and Muller mentions an adult 
pair taken in the spring. Guillemard obtained an example 
at the very end of March 1888, near Larnaca. This species 
does not seem to have been met with by Glaszner. 
Horsbrugh found it in some numbers at the Acheritou and 
Kouklia reservoirs from March the 28th to April the 20th, 
