232 Mr. C. A. Wright's Fifth Appendix to a 



cations of the land front of Valletta ; and it is far from im- 

 probable that it occasionally breeds here. There is no doubt 

 of the true Peregrine nesting on the precipitous cliffs of these 

 islands. Schembri's statement of the Kite {Milvus regalis) 

 nesting in Gozo is certainly erroneous, this sj^eeies invariably 

 selecting trees for nidification. 



Pandion haliaetus (Ibis, 1864, p. 45). There was an Os- 

 prey, ^ , in the market on the 1st Sept., 1871, which had 

 been shot in Gozo. On the 23rd May, this year, I observed 

 an Osprey at the Salini, close enough to see that it had a 

 large fish in its talons. The men on the salt-works told me 

 that it had been there since the morning, fishing in an arm 

 of the sea that borders one side of the salt-pans, occasionally 

 alighting to feast on its prey. It had, no doubt, been at- 

 tracted by the mullet which abound there at this season. 

 They said that it paid little attention to the labourers, and 

 several times came so near that they could have easily shot 

 it if they had had a gun. Up to the 27th it continued to 

 be seen about the locality. 



Milvus niger (Ibis, 1864, p. 46; 1870, p. 489). I ob- 

 tained another of these birds, $, in the market on the 1 0th 

 Sept., 1872, and preserved the skin. 



YuNX TORQUiLLA (Ibis, 1864, p. 50) . As mentioned, a rare 

 winter visitant. Capt. Feilden obtained a specimen in the 

 market on the 30th Dee., 1873. 



CucuLUs GLANDARius (Ibis, 1864, p. 50). On looking over 

 my birds the other day, I found I had one of these Cuckoos, 

 which had been obtained in the market on the 18th April, 

 1867. It was a female. This makes the fom'th that I have 

 known to have been taken here in the course of a great many 

 years. 



Parus major (Ibis, 1869, p. 245). A second example of 

 this species Avas taken in Malta on the 8th Oct., 1871. A 

 bird-catcher noticed it on a tree in his garden at the Pietk, 

 and, laying a net for it, succeeded in effecting its capture. 



