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me. I know of no specimen of any Scoter having been 
actually shot. 
883. Columba livia Bonn. 
The Rock-Dove is a common resident in suitable localities. 
Where the cliffs are high by the sea it occurs in large 
numbers, as well as inland amongst the mountains, while 
even in convenient places in the plains it may frequently 
be seen. 
We took a pair of fresh eggs as early as March the 20th, 
but I have notes of eggs as late as May the 7th. This 
Pigeon nests in Cyprus in ancient ruined vaults, and even 
in old deep-cut wells. 
887. Columba cenas Linn. 
The status of the Stock-Dove in Cyprus is very un¬ 
satisfactory. Sibthorp did not include it in his list, though 
he did catalogue the Rock-Dove as Columba rupestris. 
Unger and Kotschy refer to C. cenas Linn., and not to 
C. rupestris , but I have little doubt that this is merely 
a case of intentional change of nomenclature and not of 
substitution. Muller, who received specimens and eggs of 
the Rock-Dove only, points out, for reasons which he gives 
in some detail, that it is clear that by the C. cenas of Unger 
and Kotschy is meant the Rock-Dove. 
The only record of the Stock-Dove in Cyprus of which 
I am aware is that of Lord Lilford, who states that he 
saw a pair of these birds near Trikhomo; but he adds that 
as they were some way off it is possible that they were 
Wood-Pigeons. 
892. Columba palumbus Linn. 
The Ring-Dove or Wood-Pigeon was mentioned by 
Sibthorp, but was not observed by Lord Lilford, Guillemard, 
however, met with it in June 1887, and January 1888, 
though he writes of it as if it appeared to be uncommon. 
Glaszner does not seem to have sent Madarasz any 
specimens. I have found this bird quite common on the 
southern range, where, as probably in some other wooded 
districts, it is a resident, though according to my observations 
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