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



Lanius minor (Ibis, 1864, p. 59 ; 1870, p. 492) . I noticed 

 one of these rare visitors in the market on the 5th Sept., 1871 ; 

 and on the 8th I saw another on one of the stalls. 



Alauda calandra (Ibis, 1864, p. 61). On the 26th April, 

 1870, a sportsman shot one of these birds. I saw one on Fort- 

 Manoel Island on the 8th May, 1874. This species of Lark 

 appears to be getting rare here. 



Anthus pratensis (Ibis, 1864, p. 61). There is in my col- 

 lection a specimen of this species of a general isabelline colour, 

 with the wing-feathers almost pure white ; the feathers of the 

 tail are darker. Beak and legs very light yellowish brown. 



Anthus spinoletta. A piece of good luck befell Capt. Feil- 

 den in shooting one of these Pipits, on the first occasion when 

 he and I paid a visit to Fort-Manoel Island, one fine sunny 

 afternoon in November of 1873, the wind having blown for 

 three days from the north-west. He very generously gave it 

 to me ; and it, being little injured by the shot, made a capital 

 specimen. Length in the flesh 6 inches or 15 centimetres, 

 quite \ an inch longer than a specimen of Anthus pratensis 

 killed shortly afterwards for comparison ; tarsus | in., A.pjra- 

 tensis being f . Colour of legs hair-brown (in pratensis they 

 are light yellowish brown) ; irides brown. External tail-fea- 

 ther, distal half obliquely marked with white. In the specimen 

 of A. pratensis now before me the end of second tail-feather, be- 

 sides the first, is distinctly marked with white. General colour 

 of the upper parts smoky olivaceous brown, the centre of each 

 feather being darker. Greater and lesser wing-coverts mar- 

 gined with greyish white ; superciliary streak, throat, and ab- 

 domen dirty white. Breast and sides thickly marked with 

 dull indistinct spots, running into one another, especially 

 about the sides of the neck. Very fat. Contents of stomach 

 elytra of beetles. 



TuRDus torquatus (Ibis, 1864, p. 63) . Several of the rarer 

 species of Thrushes have made their appearance at Malta last 

 winter (1873-74), possibly impelled by the severe weather. 

 Capt. Feilden obtained a Ringed Ousel in the market on the 



