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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
850. Nettion crecca (Linn.). 
Querquedula crecca, B. O. U. List, p. 12 7. 
The Teal is an abundant winter visitor, arriving towards 
the middle of October and leaving towards the end of 
March or beginning of April. It occurs in large flocks 
on the big sheets of water, but is also well distributed in 
other suitable localities. During his visit to the reservoirs, 
at the end of March and beginning of April, 1909, Horsbrugh 
found the Teal the most common Duck and still in small 
parties. 
853. Dafila acuta (Linn.). 
The Pintail is a common winter visitor. Schrader, how¬ 
ever, described it as rare. It was met with by Guillemard 
on a lake close to Famagusta in early February 1888, and at 
the end of the same month at Kouklia marsh. It has often 
been shot in winter by Mr. Nicolls and others. A large 
flight was noticed by Mr. T. Greenwood at Papho on March 
the 6th, 1909, and a day or two afterwards he obtained an 
individual which, being only winged, he kept in captivity for a 
long time; he informs me that this was a migrating flock, 
and that the birds are never seen in that neighbourhood for 
more than a few days at these seasons. At the end of March 
Horsbrugh found the Pintail fairly numerous at Acheritou 
and Kouklia reservoirs and, as a rule, paired ; he noticed 
at the former water some fifteen or twenty couples, and 
at the latter only three or four pairs. During December 
1909, and January and February 1910, Mr. Baxendale, 
Mr. Nicolls, Horsbrugh and I obtained several specimens. 
854. Mareca penelope (Linn.). 
The Wigeon is in my opinion undoubtedly the most 
abundant Duck that visits the island. It is an 
exceedingly common winter guest, and forms a large 
proportion of the birds which fall to the gun near the 
reservoirs and lakes. Schrader refers to it as an uncommon 
winter migrant. Guillemard came across it in early 
January, 1888, near the Limassol salt-lake, and near 
