1917-] Ornithology of Malta. 287 



1839. Wright, C. A. "Third Appendix to a list of Birds observed 

 in Malta and Gozo," ' Ibis,' 18G9, pp. 24o -2o6.— The author 

 enumerates here eight additional species, and criticises very 

 severely the catalogue compiled by Grant. 



1870. Adams, A. L. 'Notes of a Naturali.-st in the Nile \'alley and 

 Malta.' — A very good picture of bird-life in Malta is given in this 

 work. 



1870. Wright, C. A. " Fourth Appendix to a list of Birds observed 

 in Malta and Gozo," 'Ibis,' 1870, pp. 488-493.— In this note a 

 new occurrence is recorded, besides that of several oth"r rare birds. 



1871-72. Salvadori, ToMMASO. " Uccelli," in 'Fauna d'ltalia,' parte ii. 

 Vallardi, Milano. — In this work a reference is made to some of 

 our birds, and the Maltese names are also given. 



1874. WRKiHT, C. A. " Fifth Appendix to a list of Birds ob.«erved in 

 Malta and Gozo," Ibis, 1874, pp. 223-241. — Eleven additional 

 species are recorded in this note. 



1878. Barbaro, G. C. 'The Birds of Malta, with their sys'euiatic 

 English and Italian names and seasons' (Malta). — In this list 

 270 species are enumerated, some of which, however, have no 

 right whatever to figure amongst the Maltese birds. 



1884. Bkchkr, E. F. "Shearwaters on the rock of FilHa," 'Zoologist, 

 (3) viii. pp. 4G7-468. — In this note, giving a short account of 

 an excursion to Filfla, the author mentions Pi'Jfi)tus ku/tli, 

 P. atiglorum, Procellaria pelayica, and Columbu licia. 



188G. (iiGLiOLi, Enrico II. 'Avifauna Italica, Eienco delle specie di 

 Uccelli stazionarie o di passaggio in Italia, colla loro sinouimia 

 volgai'e e con notizie piu specialmente intorno alle migrazioni ed 

 alia nidificazione ' (Firenze). — In this work reference is gnven to 

 the Birds of Malta, and the Maltese name is g-iven as well as 

 those in other dialects. 



1838. Castagna, P. P. 'It tair.' — A list of birds known under a 

 Maltese name, included in ' Lis Storia ta Malta bil gzejjer tahha.' 



1889-90. Gulia, Giovanni. ' Prontuario di Storia Naturale.' — Those 

 birds only wliich have a local name figure in this work, and 

 with each is given also the English, Latin, and Italian one, and, 

 in several cases, the occurrence too. 



1890. Galizia, G. S. "L'avvoltojo Grifone e sua cattura nell' Isola di 

 Malta," pub. in ' II Naturalista Maltese.' — In this note the author 

 gives a description of the specimen preserved in the University 

 Museum. 



1890. Falzon, R. " Note Ornitologiche," pub. in ' II Naturalista 

 Maltese.' — In these notes the author records several rare birds 

 observed by him in these islands. Amongst them he mentions 

 AIca torda, Corvus comix, Athene noctua, and Lohipes hyper- 

 boreus. 



