308 Mr. G. Despott on the [Ibis, 



the one which I have selected is a pure translation, like 

 the English and Italian, and has already been taken up by 

 all those interested in our birds. 



38. (117) Emberiza melanocephala Scop. The Black- 

 headed Bunting. 



Local name : Durrajsa rasha seuda. 



Only a straggler : reported first by Wright in the third 

 appendix to his list of INIaltese birds, where he says that a 

 specimen was obtained in 1867 and was kept alive for 

 some months ; he also says that Drs. Gulia and Delicata 

 mention having observed it. Giglioli states that the species 

 is of accidental occurrence in Malta, referring perhaps to 

 the statements given above ; he also gives the local name, 

 Durrajsa rasha seuda. In my list of 1915 I left out these 

 occurrenceSj and simplj-^ recorded the specimen in my 

 collection, which was taken at Zurric-o on the 12th of 

 October, 1912. There is a specimen in the University 

 Museum, which is in a very bad condition; it bears 

 neither date nor locality — from the style of its mounting, 

 however, it might be the one recorded by Wright. 



39. (118) Emberiza aureola Pall. The Yellow-breasted 

 Bunting. 



Local name : Durrajsa hamra. 



A specimen was taken in the nets from the "Mghalak," 

 a locality near Siggiewi, during the first week of January, 

 1913. It was purchased by Mr. Leach for tiie University 

 Museum from Giulio Mallia, the bird-dealer on St. John's 

 Square. The specimen was living at the University, until last 

 April, and the skin is now preserved there. The local name 

 indicates the reddish brown which is the general colour of 

 the bird. 



40. (120) Emberiza cirlus L. The Cirl-Bunting. 

 Local name : Ortulan isived. 



A straggler : first recorded by Schembri, who saw a 

 specimen taken at Zurrico on the 20th of November, 1839. 



