144 Mr. C. A. Wright's List oj the Birds 



be put up from the sw/Za-fields at the Marsa, aud is also met 

 with in the carob-trees. 



168. Ardea nycticorax. (Night Heron.) 

 Quack, Maltese. 



A common annual visitor in spring and autumn. It is gene- 

 rally first seen in March. I have often heard the note of this 

 Heron at night-time passing overhead. It roosts in the carob- 

 trees like the other Herons. 



169. CicoNiA ALBA. (White Stork.) 

 Grua or Cicogna baida, Maltese. 



Rare ; not seen annually. One was shot on the 22nd March 

 1857. I am indebted to Capt. Carr, R.A., for noting two other 

 examples of this bird,, which were shot on the 4th aud 7th May 

 1863, and which he kindly sent me for my collection. 



170. CicoNiA NIGRA. (Black Stork.) 

 Grua or Cicogna seuda, Maltese. 



Also rare. I saw three alight in some carob-trees in St. 

 Julian's Valley in April 1852 ; and I have one which was shot 

 in May 1860, having a malformation of bill. 



171. Platalea leucorodia. (Spoonbill.) 

 Paletta, Maltese. 



Rare. The following are the only instances of this bird being 

 seen or shot that have come to my knowledge : — One observed 

 on Fort Manoel Island in May 1858; the same or another was 

 shot a few days afterwards at St. Paul's Bay, and another a few 

 weeks later. Three were killed in Gozo in the spring of 1860; 

 and another at Marsascirocco in November of the same year. 

 One of two was killed in May 1861, and two others in June 

 1862. Another (young), which is in my possession, was obtained 

 at the Salini on the 21st September 1862. 



172. Ibis falcinellus. (Glossy Ibis.) 

 Velleran, Maltese. 



A pretty regular visitor in spring and autumn in small Hocks. 

 Sometimes a solitary one is seen accompanying a flock of Egrets 

 {Ardea garzetta). 



173. NUMENIUS ARQUATUS. (CuilcW.) 



Gurlin, Maltese. 



