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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
Lord Lilford, though he did not regard it as abundant. 
Muller mentions the receipt of five clutches of the eggs of 
this bird taken on April the 28th, and states that, according 
to the collector, the species built on the roofs of houses! 
Guillemard refers to having seen it near Limassol in 
January, 1888, and Madarasz, who makes a mistake in 
writing that the species was ignored by Lord Lilford, 
received several examples from Glaszner, obtained in 
September and January. In our experience the coasts of 
Cyprus are singularly devoid of Terns and Gulls, but this 
species may usually be noticed, and I have no doubt that it 
breeds in a few localities and that some birds are resident. I 
have notes of its occurrence on various parts of the coast and 
at the reservoirs in January, February, April, and May ; on 
the 6th of May, 1909, I received an adult male from 
Acheritou; Horsbrugh found the bird, evidently nesting, 
in small numbers at Kyrenia at the end of April, aud near 
Papho in the middle of May, and in February 1910 obtained 
several specimens at Limassol. 
I have never personally heard of its building its nest on 
house-tops, as mentioned by Muller. 
1147. Larus fuscus Linn. 
The Lesser Black-backed Gull was found commonly by 
Lord Lilford on the coasts in April and May, and all the 
specimens seen and obtained by him and his collectors— 
though the bird is not mentioned by Guillemard in his 
‘ Ibis * papers—were in full adult plumage. Glaszner sent 
Madarasz an old female, assuming breeding plumage, 
obtained at Larnaca on April the 2nd, 1902. There is no 
reason why this bird should not be a resident in Cyprus and 
it very likely is so, but I am not aware of its having as yet 
been actually found nesting in the island. 
1150. Larus marinus Linn. 
The Greater Black-backed Gull was included in Sibthorp’s 
list. Guillemard noted in the rough list referred to previously 
the words “ adult, Famagusta Lake.” 
