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102. Lesser Black-backed Gull. {La7'us fuscus.) 

 Pretty common. 



103. Little Gull. {Larus minutus.) 

 Pretty common at Malta. 



104. Cinereous Shearwater. [Puffinus cinereus.) 

 Breeds in considerable numbers in the rocks of Filfola (a 



small, precipitous, uninhabited island close to Malta). I have 

 observed them at sea sitting on the water, when they are easily 

 approached. I have also seen them disputing a shoal of small 

 fry with some large fish. 



105. Manx Shearwater. (Puffinus anylorum.) 



Also breeds in considerable numbers in Filfola, where the 

 fishermen catch numbers of them by simply placing nets in the 

 interstices of the rocks where they are likely to run. 



106. Wild Goose. 



I have seen plenty of Wild Geese at Missolonghi and other 

 places ; but, as I never bagged any, I cannot state the species 

 for a certainty. 



107. Wild Duck. [Anas boschas.) 



Very plentiful about Greece and Albania in the winter. I 

 have seen them at Butrinto in the autumn. On June 5th a 

 friend found a nest, with hard-set eggs, on the Albanian coast. 



108. Teal. {Anas crecca.) 

 Plentiful in winter. 



109. WiGEON. {Anas penelope.) 



The commonest Duck in winter; but I never noticed them 

 during the summer. 



' 110. Pochard. {Anas ferina.) 



Not so plentiful as the Wigeon, but still comparatively com- 

 mon. 



111. Smew. {Mergus albellus.) 

 Pretty common. 



112. Pelican. {Pelecanus onocrotalus.) 



Pretty common about the Missolonghi marshes, where I have 



