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803. Ardetta minuta (Linn.). 
The Little Bittern was also recognised by Sibtliorp. Lord 
Lilford thought it common at the latter end of April and 
beginning of May, and believed that it bred in a certain 
locality near Limassol as well as in other parts of the island. 
Schrader met with it in small numbers at the end of April 
and at the end of August, 1877. It was noticed by 
Guillemard on May the 20th, 1888, near Famagusta, and 
Glaszner shewed me a male obtained near Larnaca on 
May the 4th, 1905. Mr. Baxendale sent me up one which he 
had shot near Papho on April the 20th, 1909; Mr. C. Noble, 
with Horsbrugh, observed a specimen on a little marsh near 
Karavostasi on May the 9th, 1909, and on May the 18th the 
latter found what he thought was probably a nest of this 
species in a large bush overhanging a stream in the Papho 
district. Mr. G. F. Wilson secured a female at Larnaca on 
October the 17th. This species is evidently a visitor at the 
migration seasons, and perhaps occasionally nests in Cyprus. 
807. Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). 
The Bittern was obtained by Guillemard once only, namely 
near Famagusta on May 20th, 1888. Glaszner sent a male to 
Madarasz, taken on November the 29th, 1902, and shewed me 
a female obtained near Larnaca on January the 24th, 1905. 
The bird is known to Mr. Nicolls as an occasional winter 
visitor, and he shot three in a very secluded marsh in the 
Famagusta district on March the 14th, 1908. Mr. Baxendale 
shot two at Avgasida Marsh on December the 26th, 1909 ; a 
female on January the 12th, and a male on February the 
20th, 1910, all in the Famagusta neighbourhood. Captain F. 
W. Wright, of the Army Service Corps, sent to Horsbrugh a 
fine female shot at the Limassol salt-lake on February the 
13th, 1910. 
809. Ciconia alba Bechst. 
The White Stork is not a common visitor on its spring 
and autumn migrations, though it is incorrect to assert, as 
has been recently done, that it never occurs in the island. 
Still, there can be no doubt that its main line of migration 
