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Ornithology of Cyprus. 
819. Phcenicopterus roseus Pall. 
The Flamingo is a common visitor in the winter to the 
large salt-lakes of Limassol and Larnaca, and, although 
records of its having been shot are rare, owing to its wary 
habits, it can he observed at times in very large numbers. 
Lord Lilford received a specimen from Pearse, without data, 
but killed, no doubt, near Larnaca, in the winter of 1878-9, 
but the bird does not seem to have been obtained by 
Guillemard or Glaszner. Schrader regarded it as an 
extremely rare bird of passage only. It is very well 
known, however, to the residents in the two towns above- 
mentioned, and I have a note of a slightly wounded indi¬ 
vidual being taken alive during the spring of 1909 on the 
Limassol Lake. Passing through Larnaca in the first days 
of March 1909, Horsbrugh noticed large numbers at the 
salt-lake there. I have no note of an occurrence at the fresh¬ 
water reservoirs, but Mr. Greenwood informs me that at Paplio 
he has seen several killed by flying against the lighthouse. 
Mr. Michell, the Commissioner of Limassol, informs me that, 
though extremely common, they almost invariably keep 
towards the centre of the lake, well out of gun-shot. In 
January 1910, Horsbrugh and I found a flock of some four 
hundred at the Larnaca salt lake, and Mr. T. Greenwood 
kindly obtained for us two fine mature and two immature 
specimens, one of the latter being alive and living for some 
time in captivity. In February 1910, at Limassol salt-lake, 
Horsbrugh also met with very large flocks. 
820. Anser ferus Schaeff. 
It is, perhaps, convenient here to make a few observations 
upon the Anatidai in general in relation to the island. 
About the middle of October large flights of Ducks com¬ 
mence to arrive in Cyprus ; many almost immediately pass 
further south, but some establish themselves on the lakes, 
reservoirs, and other suitable localities for the winter. As 
the weather grows colder in the north more and more stream 
in, accompanied by Geese and sometimes by Swans, and from 
■November until..the .return migration—which, takes place.ixi 
