314 Mr. G. Despott on the [Ibis, 



they distinguish it from the common Short-toed Lark by 

 the local name of Bilbla seconda. 



A specimen in Dresser's collection, which was also 

 examined by Giglioli, was taken in Malta. 



51. (■] 32) Galerida cristata cristata (L.). Tlie Crested Lark. 

 Local name : Ciuklajta tat-toppu. 



Schembri says "this species, which is the less common 

 of the genus, arrives here in March and October, but not 

 annually*^; and Wright, in his list of 1864, says that 

 the species is rare, but a few are sometimes taken in 

 March and October ; in the second appendix to his list, 

 however, he says that he should have given Schembri as his 

 authority for the above statement, and concludes by saying 

 that though he had done his best he did not succeed in pro- 

 curing a specimen. I have seen two examples which I was 

 told were taken in Malta: the first was shown to me by 

 Mr. Micallef, who obtained it in May about ten or eleven 

 years ago ; the second is the one which is preserved in the 

 University Museum and which, like the majority of the older 

 specimens, bears neither date nor locality. 



Scherubri gives simply Ciiillajta as the local name for this 

 species, and Giglioli adds the adjective rara; I have given, 

 however, the name which was used by Mr. Micallef and the 

 one by which the specimen in the Museum is known. 



52. (131) LuUula arborea arhorea (L.). The Wood-Lark. 

 Local name : Ciuklajta. 



Schembri calls this species rather rare and says that it 

 occurs on passage in March and April, but not annually. 

 Wright says it is less rare than the preceding, but cannot be 

 considered common, and is met with in March and October. 

 From my personal experience I can say that the species is 

 not of annual occurrence and is generally rare. I have 

 never met with it except in the autumn, though I have been 

 assured by bird-dealers that it is to be also met with during 

 the spring. During the autumn of 1911 these birds visited 

 us in considerable numbers, ])ut this is to be considered 

 quite exceptional. 



