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local name appears to have been given by Mr. Micallef, from 

 whom I heard it. 



180. Aquila heliaca Savigny. The Imperial Eagle. 

 Local name : Ajcla imperiali. 



Reported by Schembri, on the authority of Dr. Grech 

 Delicata, who is stated to have observed it in October 184.2. 

 Prof. Gulia says that he has been assured by Mr. L. Gouder 

 that this Eagle has been met with several times at Gozo. 

 Count Arrigoni is of opinion that the captures of Imperial 

 Eagles mentioned by several authors (amongst -whicli 

 Schembri is included) are to be corrected, the specimens 

 being only Golden Eagles. The Maltese name, whicli is 

 equivalent to the English and Italian, is given in Gulia's 

 ' Repertorio di Storia naturale.' 



181. (178) Haliastur Indus (Bodd,). Brahminy Kite. 

 Local name : Astun rashu bajda. 



There exists a specimen in the University Museum which 

 is unfortunately in a very bad state of preservation ; this 

 was taken in the vicinity of Siggiewi in 1896 by Mr. P. 

 Mifsud Ellul, who presented it to Mr. Leach — at that time 

 Curator of the Museum. The local name means White- 

 headed Kite. 



182. (179) Circaetus gallicus (Gmel.). The Short-toed 

 Eagle. 



Local name : Ajcla. 



Schembri says that this species is rather rare and does 

 not occur annually, and that it generally appears in August 

 and September. Wright, who also states that it is very 

 rare, records a specimen killed in Gozo at the end of 

 August 1857. This is very probably the specimen which is 

 preserved in the Natural History Museum, and is imfor- 

 tunately in a very bad condition. Besides this I have seen 

 two mounted specimens in Mr. MicalleFs collection, and a 

 live one which was taken in the neighbourhood of Wardia 

 during the first week of October 1914. 



