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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
1101. Limosa belgica (Gmel.). 
Limosa cegocephala, B. O. U. List, p. 178. 
Lord Lilford felt little doubt that be bad seen tbe Black¬ 
tailed God wit near Famagusta, but was unable to identify 
it positively. Scbrader states that it is a winter visitor. 
Guillemard in early March, 1888, obtained specimens on 
the marsh (now a reservoir) at Kouklia between Nicosia 
and Famagusta. Horsbrugh obtained a female in partial 
breeding plumage on the bank of the same place on April 
the 8th, 1909. It is, no doubt, a visitor at the migratory 
seasons and perhaps in winter. 
1104. Numenius ph^eopus (Linn.). 
Guillemard mentions meeting with “ a species of Whim- 
brel” near Famagusta on the 26th of April, 1887, and 
obtained a Whimbrel 99 at Kouklia marsh on the 26th of 
February, 1888, but it was unfortunately eaten by a cat ! 
Though there seems no reason why this species should not 
occur on migration or in winter in the island, Lord Lilford 
thought it probable that the bird obtained by Guillemard 
was N. tenuirostris. 
1106. Numenius tenuirostris Vieill. 
The Slender-billed Curlew is no doubt a regular visitor at 
the migrations and probably in winter. Lord Lilford saw, 
during his visit, great numbers of birds, which he took to 
belong to this species, near Larnaca and Limassol, but was 
never able to approach them closely enough for absolute 
certainty of identification. Sir Samuel Baker mentions that 
on his visit in 1880 he shot a “ small species of Curlew.” 
1107. Numenius arquata (Linn.). 
Numenius arquata , B. O.U. List, p. 179. 
The Common Curlew was included in Sibthorp’s list and 
was observed in great numbers by Lord Lilford in April at 
the Limassol salt-lake, and later in other localities. Schrader 
states that it arrives at the beginning of September and 
stays till the end of February, and there is no doubt that it 
is a regular visitor on the migrations and in winter. I saw 
