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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean follows the coast 
of the Levant. I should think that it is extremely probable 
that the birds “ not unlike ducks, but with a pointed beak, 
which eat the locusts and thus lessen their ravages,” referred 
to by Cornelis van Bruyn in 1683, as from time to time 
visiting Cyprus, were of this species. Lord Lilford observed 
a large flock coming in to land from the south near Galino- 
porni in the extreme north-east of the island on April 26th, 
1875. Schrader states that he saw the nest in Nicosia, but 
1 have hardly any doubt that this is a mistake. Miss Bate 
observed three birds on October 27th, 1901, near Kouklia 
reservoir, standing in some cotton-fields, and Horsbrugh, 
on the 30th March, 1909, saw a single individual at the same 
place. This species does not seem to have been met with 
by any one else. 
812. Platalea leucorodia Lino. 
Schrader states that the Spoonbill is occasionally met 
with, and Muller mentions an adult male taken on Novem¬ 
ber 1st (1877-8). I am not aware of any other record of 
its having been obtained in the island, but Mr. A. K. Bovill 
informs me that it has been observed near Famagusta. 
818. Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.). 
The Glossy Ibis was not identified with certainty by Lord 
Lilford on his visit to the island, but there is no doubt that 
it is a regular and not very uncommon visitor on its spring 
and autumn migrations. Schrader writes that he observed 
several flights in April and August, 1877. Muller mentions 
an adult pair obtained in spring; Sir Samuel Baker, who 
visited Cyprus in 1880, records shooting an example on the 
freshwater lake near Famagusta; Guillemard, on his first 
visit, found small flocks of a dozen or fifteen individuals near 
Larnaca in mid-April, while he records the bird as numerous 
near Famagusta at the beginning of the same month in 1888, 
and obtained specimens. Horsbrugh saw about a dozen 
on the 9th of April, 1909, at the Acheritou reservoir, and 
obtained from there through Mr. Douglas a fine male and 
female on the 19th of the same month. 
