History

10 Απρ 1787

Dr J. Sibthorpe, the editor of Flora Graeca was in Larnaca district collecting specimens of the flora and fauna of the island. I staid at home that my painter might have time to design the plants collected in my walk to Livadia, and...

Dr J. Sibthorpe, the editor of Flora Graeca was in Larnaca district collecting specimens of the flora and fauna of the island.

I staid at home that my painter might have time to design the plants collected in my walk to Livadia, and several birds that were shot by a chasseur whom we had employed as a guide. Our situation at the Salines was one of the most favourable in the island for the botanist and ornithologist. Several little pools invited a number of Grallae to its neighbourhood. Near Larnaka was one of considerable extend, and the salt lake was scarcely a mile distant. Cyprus, situated between Asia and Africa partakes to the production of both; sometimes we noticed the birds and plants of Syria and Caramania; sometimes those of Egypt. Many of the Grallae we saw were probably birds of passage.