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one specimen on April the 26th, 1887, near Famagusta, and 
another in mid-March, 1888, at Avgasida marsh. Glaszner 
sent a male to Madarasz, taken near Larnaca on October the 
1 st, 1901. The freshwater reservoirs have, however, provided 
a new and ideal resort for this species in the island, and in the 
spring of 1901, from the 23rd of March till the 9th of April, 
Horsbrugh found numbers (perhaps fifty or sixty in all) at 
both Acheritou and Kouklia. He obtained several specimens 
—one alive, which I kept on the large tank in my garden at 
Nicosia for some time, till it sought less safety in flight. 
At Acheritou the birds began to nest about the 6th of 
April, but I heard later that owing to the drainage of 
the water they all left about the beginning of May. This 
species may not unfairly be regarded as a partial resident, 
its migration being due, in a large degree, to adverse local 
conditions. In January 1910,1 observed numbers at Kouklia 
and on the freshwater lake near Famagusta, and in February 
Horsbrugh also met with the bird at the Limassol salt-lake. 
Addenda. 
Six of the species tabled below are included by Schrader in 
his paper in the f Ornithologisches Jahrbuch 9 (December, 
1891), but have never been mentioned by any other 
observer. Amongst the birds seldom recorded from Cyprus 
Schrader mentions the Hobby, Pallid and Montagu’s 
Harriers, Barn Owl, Rose-coloured Pastor, Blue Titmouse 
(probably in error), Palestine Bulbul, Redwing, Ortolan, and 
Greenfinch. 
158. Hypolais olivetorum (Strickl.). 
It is stated by Schrader that the Olive-tree Warbler comes 
to the gardens at the beginning of April, but is much rarer 
than H. pallida , the Olivaceous Warbler. This is possibly a 
trustworthy record. 
219. Accentor modularis (Linn.). 
Schrader states that the Hedge-Sparrow is seen singly in 
winter. No one else has recorded the bird from Cyprus, and 
I am inclined to think the account is an error. 
ser. IX.— VOL. IV. 
