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intended to represent the latter’s Tringa varia , as those writers 
omit the Grey Plover, and “ Mrolia varia ” Vieill. was 
then a recognised synonym for the species now under con¬ 
sideration. However, the Curlew Sandpiper was not met 
with again until Glaszner sent Madarasz two females taken 
near Larnaca on September the 2nd, 1902. I shot a male in 
winter plumage in Morphou marsh on December the 12th, 
1908; Horsbrugh obtained another in full breeding dress on 
May the 20th, 1909, and Mr. Baxendale a female on the 24th 
of the same month, both not far from Papho. This species 
is no doubt a visitor at the seasons of migration, and a 
few individuals remain in the island during the winter. 
1078. Calidris ARENARiA(Linn.). 
Pearse sent Lord Lilford a male of this bird in winter 
plumage taken near Larnaca on October the 1st, 1888. I 
know of no other record. 
1080. Machetes pugnax (Linn.). 
The Buff was included in Sibthorp’s list. Lord Lilford 
speaks of it as not uncommon on the vernal migration, and 
Guillemard met with it on both his visits; at the end of 
March, 1887, he obtained a male in immature or non-breeding 
plumage near Limassol out of a small flock of eight or ten, 
while he secured a specimen at Kouklia marsh on February the 
27th, 1888, and a male in full breeding plumage on May the 
the 20th near Larnaca. Glaszner sent to Madarasz a female 
from near the latter place, shot on March the 7th, 1901. 
The edges of the Famagusta reservoirs are evidently a 
favourite resort of this bird, as Horsbrugh in 1909 found it 
quite abundant there from the 23rd of March till he left the 
vicinity on April the 8th. He obtained a good many speci¬ 
mens, and on March the 24th saw at Acheritou a flock of quite 
sixty. None of the birds which he obtained exhibited more 
than slight traces of breeding plumage. The Ruff is evidently 
a fairly common visitor in spring and autumn. 
1083. Totanus calidris (Linn.). 
The Redshank was included by Sibthorp in his list, but 
was apparently omitted by Unger and Kotschy. 
