148 Mr. C. A. Wright's List of the Birds 



its migration in October and November. A few are said sometimes 

 to stay the winter. Individuals are occasionally shot in March. 



190. Tringa canutus. (Knot.) 

 Ghirwiel rar (rare), Maltese. 



There is a specimen in the Malta University Museum. 

 Schembri records the capture of two or three examples in 

 January and February, in winter plumage. 



191. Tringa subarquata. (Curlew- Sandpiper.) 

 Beggazzina liamra (red), Maltese. 



Common in spring and autunm. In May it assumes the 

 beautiful red plumage of the breeding-season, in which state I 

 have often shot it in company with Stints [T. minuta). I have 

 also seen it in June, July, August, and September. 



192. Tringa cinclus. (Dunlin.) 

 Beggazzina-ta-tis, Maltese. 



Common in spring and autumn. Arrives earlier in the spring 

 than the preceding species. On its return in autumn it is seen 

 till November. 



193. Tringa minuta. (Stint.) 

 Tertusca, Maltese. 



Very common in spring, part of summer, and autumn. 



194. Tringa temminckii. (Temminck's Stint.) 



I shot one of these diminutive birds on the 21st September 

 1855, in winter plumage, and another, in summer plumage, in 

 1858. 



195. Arenaria calidris. (Sanderling.) 



Mr. J. Home has kindly sent me two Sandpipers which were 

 shot at Marfa (the north-west extremity of Malta) on the 24th 

 September 1862. One of them is Arenaria calidris, assuming 

 the winter plumage, and the other Tringa cinclus. I have never 

 met with the Sanderling in Malta before, and I believe it is a 

 rare bird in the Mediterranean. 



196. Strepsilas interpres. (Turnstone.) 

 Monakella imperiala, Maltese. 



A rather irregular visitor, and somewhat rare. It generally 



