1917-] Ornithology of Malta. 327 



nothing but a pair of Waxwings. I came to know also from 

 another sportsman that a bird similar to those taken by 

 Farnigia was captured on the 2nd of November, 1903. In 

 my list of 1915 there is a misprint, and this can be seen 

 from my list of new occurrences jmblished in the 'Bulletin^ 

 of the Malta Historical and Scientific Society for 1913. 

 The local name I got from a husbandman at "il Bakkari," 

 who saw the birds taken in 1913, and who, on being shown 

 a picture of the Waxwing, assured me that it represented 

 exactly the birds he alluded to. 



86. (84) Muscicapa striata striata (Pall.), The Spotted 

 Flycatcher, [il/. grisola auct.] 



Local name : Zanzarell griz. 



Schembri says that this species is not very common^ occur- 

 ring on passage mostly during the autumn, and, in the 

 appendix to his catalogue, he says that it arrives also in the 

 spring. According to Wright the species is very common in 

 spring and autumn, arriving later than its congeners, and is 

 one of the last to leave us in the spring. From my own 

 observations T can only say that this Flycatcher is by no 

 means common, and, though it is met with during the sprino- 

 and autumn, it is more fiequent during the former season. 

 The adjective "griz" (grey) added to the local name 

 Zanzarell serves to distinguish it from its congener, the 

 Collared Flycatcher, which is called simply Zanzarell. 



87. (85) Muscicapa hypoleuca hypoleuca (Pall.). The Pied 

 Flycatcher. [M. atricapilla auct. J 



Local name : Zanzarell iswed. 



Schembri states that the Pied Flycatcher is not very 

 common, and occurs on passage in March and December. 

 According to Wright, it occurs also in spring and autumn 

 but is not common like the Spotted Flycatcher. Both 

 Giglioli and Blasius give the local names Zanzarell and 

 Buswejda. This last is undoubtedly only given to the 

 Sardinian Warbler; the adjective "istved" has been added 

 for distinction, and it is already much in use. 



