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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
are to be found there after the beginning of April, while 
they do not re-appear until the beginning of November. 
821. Anser fabalis (Lath.). 
Anser segetum Gmelin, B. O. U. List, p. 115. 
Although the Bean Goose is probably not an infrequent 
visitor to the island in winter, it has hardly ever been 
identified. Mr. Nicolls obtained a single specimen in 
December 1904, near Famagusta. I stalked and shot at a 
solitary bird on the 7th of December, 1908, in the marsh 
on the coast at Morphou, and as it was in an open flat, and I 
had it under observation at a range of about sixty yards with 
my glasses for quite twenty minutes, vainly watching for it 
to walk closer to the rushes in which I was concealed, there 
could be no doubt as to its identity. It came in from the 
sea, there being a strong gale blowing at the time, and when 
I shot at it, disappeared inland. 
829. Branta bernicla (Linn.). 
Bernicla brenta , B. O. U. List, p. 117. 
Black Geese, some of which are certainly Brent, visit the 
waters of Cyprus in some numbers during the winter, and 
the salt-guard’s diary at Limassol Lake contains numerous 
entries between November and March of “ gavpoi.” 
Cobham, in his f Hand-book of Cyprus,’ 1907, states that 
this species is to be seen in the marshes in the winter. My 
only definite record, although I have more than once seen 
parties of Geese at a distance on the sea which I have very 
little doubt were Brent, is of a specimen which was shot at 
Kyrenia in December 1908, and identified by Major Bolton, 
the Commissioner of that district, who is well acquainted 
with the species. 
836. Cygnus olor (Gmel.). 
Wild Swans regularly visit the reservoirs and salt-lakes 
in winter, but not, as a rule, in any numbers. Schrader 
states that he met with two birds of this species in the 
winter of 1876-7 near Larnaca. The salt-guard’s diary 
contains notes of two Swans which seem to have frequented 
