418 
Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
on December the 15th, 1909, in the Nicosia bazaar, for 
twenty piastres. 
1037. Hoplopterus spinosus (Linn.). 
The Spur-winged Plover was met with by Sibthorp, who 
mentions in his Journal having shot a specimen flying near 
his vessel when lying off* the island in early April (1787). 
Lord Lilford obtained one example near Limassol—out of the 
only two seen by him during his visit—on May the 8th. 
Pearse obtained specimens : Schrader states that he only pro¬ 
cured one and that in November : and Muller records a single 
immature example. Guillemard seems to have but once met 
with the bird, shooting it at Avgasida marsh in early March. 
Glaszner obtained a male on April the 10th, 1902. It is 
known to Mr. Nicolls and other English sportsmen; and 
Horsbrugh came across a few at the Acheritou reservoir 
between the 24th of March and the 10th of April, 1909, and 
obtained several specimens. Mr. Nicolls states that, in some 
seasons, when the height of the water has been favourable, 
it has nested at the reservoirs. It is anyhow a spring and 
autumn migrant. 
1042. Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. 
Schrader states that the Lapwing occurred in winter in 
small flocks ; but Guillemard, though he met with one flock 
between Nicosia and Larnaca at the end of February, 1887, 
and two or three large flights near Famagusta at the end of 
January in the following year, does not seem to have thought 
it very common. Glaszner has obtained a few in the latter 
mouth. The Lapwing, at the present time, is an abundant 
winter visitor, arriving towards the middle of November 
(though some are occasionally noticed in October) and 
leaving towards the middle of March. It is well known to all 
the local sportsmen, while I have met with it in considerable 
numbers in the cold weather on marshy ground in all parts 
of the island, and have shot several specimens. 
1044. H^ematopus ostralegus Linn. 
Sibthorp in his Journal mentions that on April the 17th 
