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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
on one occasion he had a recently killed specimen brought 
to him. Mr. T. Greenwood, w 7 ho has had a very long 
experience as a sportsman in Cyprus, tells me that he met 
with this bird very rarely near Famagusta ; and Mr. G. F. 
Wilson has seen one only, namely on January the 29th, 
1905, on the Mesaoria plain not very far from Nicosia. 
I am not aware that any local specimen yet obtained has 
been properly identified as Otis tarda, but I think that there 
can be little doubt that the species is an occasional straggler 
to the island. 
1012. Tetrax campestris Leach. 
Otis tetrax Linn., B. O. U. List, p. 154. 
The Little Bustard is a rare winter visitor. Lord Lilford 
thought he saw a small flock near Famagusta, but was at 
too great a distance for positive identification. Schrader 
states that he obtained a single specimen in November. 
Muller mentions a young male from the island, and 
Guillemard heard of the bird being sometimes exposed for 
sale in the Nicosia market. Mr. T. Greenwood informs me 
that he has shot examples of this species in winter, on several 
occasions. Mr. Baxendale obtained two individuals from a 
party of three close to Papho on December the 18th, 1908, 
and on January the 1st, 1910, bought a specimen in the 
Famagusta bazaar. Lord Lilford was informed that the 
Little Bustard bred in the corn-lands in the island, but, so 
far as I can ascertain, it is only known to the people in 
Cyprus as a winter visitor. 
1014. PIoubara macqueeni (Gray & Hardw.). 
A few years ago a single specimen of Macqueen’s Bustard 
was taken alive in the island and kept for some weeks in 
captivity by Mr. A. Artemis of Nicosia. I am informed that 
it was identified by Mr. Templer (then King’s Advocate of 
Cyprus), who was a competent ornithologist. I confess that 
I should have thought it much more likely to have been 
H. undulata (Jacq.), the Houbara Bustard, which species I 
should not be at all surprised to find also locally confused 
with Otis tarda. 
