478 Mr. Gr. Despott on the [Ibis, 



its congeners, but occurs in much smaller numbers and not 

 annually. Wright says that it visits us in the autumnal 

 and vernal periods of migration, occurring, however, in 

 much larger numbers during some years. I have met with 

 it during both spring and autumn, but it is usually more 

 common during the spring. I have often observed it 

 passing in flocks consisting of more than a dozen or so ; 

 but I remember also a year or two when not a single 

 specimen was seen. On the 27th of October, 1910^ while 

 I was at Binghisa, I saw a flock of these Hawks composed 

 of not less than one hundred individuals. Besides the name 

 given above, this bird is also known locally as Spanjulett 

 ichal and Vespertim ; the last of these appears, however, to 

 have fallen into disuse. 



178. Aquila chrysaetus clirysaetus (L.). The Golden 

 Eagle. 



Local name : Ajcla reali. 



Two occurrences of this species are recorded, the first 

 being a specimen taken in 1869, of which Wright secured 

 the head and neck; the second is the one recorded by 

 Wright in his fifth appendix, and which was shot iu 

 November 1873. Giglioli gives the Maltese name for this 

 species simply as " Aicla " ; this, however, besides being 

 generic, is applied also to the Egyptian Vulture. The name 

 given is the equivalent of the Italian. 



179. (175) Aquila pomerina Brehm. The Lesser Spotted 

 Eagle. 



Local name : Ajcla tat-t'icchi. 



In 1911 I saw a specimen iu Mr. Micallef's collection; 

 this was shot by Capt. S. Stivala at Comino. I have been 

 informed by Mr. Micallef that he saw a specimen ticketed 

 "Malta, 1862." If this is not one of the birds given by 

 Wright under the Latin name Aquila nama^ then the speci- 

 mens taken in Malta are three. Count Arrigoni also cites 

 IMalta as a locality where the species has occurred. The 



