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During the autumn tliej are general!}^ seen by the middle 

 of September and continue their passage for about one 

 month. 



187. (170) Circus pygargus (L.). Montagu's Harrier. 

 Local name : BiKjhadam. 



Both Scherabri and Wright state that this Harrier occurs 

 annually during both seasons, but is not so common as 

 its congeners. I have met with it frequently during the 

 spring; in the autumn, however, I only came across it once. 

 Besides the local name given, Giglioli mentions another, 

 Bughadam abjad second. 



188. (172) Circus cyaneus (L.). The Hen-PIarrier. 

 Local name : Bughadam abjad prim. 



Generally occurring in pretty good numbers during the 

 spring, a few being also met with during the autumn 

 months. Wright states that, although he had examined as 

 many as thirty females in one season, all exhibiting the 

 white rump or having it very lightly spotted, he never met 

 with an adult male. 



189. (171) Circus macrourus (S. G. Gmel.). The Pallid 

 Harrier. 



Local name : Bugtiadam abjad. 



No mention is made of this species in Schembri's cata- 

 logue, and it seems that it was first reported by Prof. Gulia 

 in his ' Repertorio di Storia Naturale,' published in 1858-59. 

 Wright says that it is perhaps the most common of the 

 Maltese Harriers, and that it occurs during the same 

 seasons, being, however, most abundant in April. I, too, 

 have found it fairly common in some years during 

 the spring, but have never yet seen it in the autumn. 

 I remember also some years when not a single individual 

 could be observed. 



190. (180) Astur palumbarius (L.). The Goshawk. 

 Local name : Bies tal hamiem. 



Schembri says that this species is occasionally met with 



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