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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
its numbers are somewhat increased by winter visitors which 
arrive in the autumn. I found a good many on my arrival 
at the Troodos summer-station in the beginning of July, 
and they are sufficiently numerous to afford a little sport. 
In May and June Horsbrugh came across this species fairly 
frequently in his tour through the hills and obtained several 
specimens. I have examined the crops of over a dozen, 
shot during August and September, and found the contents 
to consist largely of the seeds of the coniferous trees with 
which the southern range is covered, but also some 
barley. 
895. Turtur communis Selby. 
The Turtle-Dove is a very abundant visitor on the spring 
and autumn migrations, and a considerable number— 
though small compared with the large numbers of birds 
of passage—remain for the summer, and nest in the 
mountains. The spring migration commences about mid- 
April and lasts approximately a month; the autumn 
movement takes place from towards the end of August 
till the commencement of October. In some years the 
bird occurs in enormous numbers; Lord Lilford considered 
it more abundant in Cyprus than in any other part of 
the world which he had visited, and Guillemard records 
a single flock of six or seven hundred. I found some 
numbers on Troodos on my arrival there on July 1st, 1908, 
and from that locality Mr. Nicolls sent me fresh eggs 
taken on June 10th, 1909. The bird was included in 
Sibthorp's list. In mid-September, during the migration, 
I have seen dozens exposed for sale, both dead and alive, 
in the Limassol bazaar: they are both shot and “ limed 99 
for the table. 
899. Turtur decaocto (Frivaldsky). 
The Collared Turtle-Dove was included by Sibthorp in 
his list. Lord Lilford noticed one or two individuals in 
the streets of Larnaca, and it seems to have been observed 
by Guillemard. 
There are always a few to be seen in the town of Nicosia, 
