484 Mr. G. Despott on the [Tbis, 



the fiftli appendix to his list of Malta birds he records a 

 specimen seen b}' him in the market on the 1st oF September, 

 1871, and another observed by him at the Salina on the 

 23rd of May, 1874. T have seen in all about ten or a dozen 

 specimens, all of which occurred during the summer months ; 

 the earliest of these was seen on the 8th of June, and the 

 latest was taken on the 25th of September. I was informed 

 by Mr. Micallef that he has only once handled a specimen 

 during the sprin;^^. I was told also by a husbandman from 

 San Giorgio a Mare that he shot one in the spring of li)15 ; 

 this, however, was taken from him by a sportsman in the 

 locality, though it was intended as a present for me. 



197. (167) Gyps fulvus fulvus (Hablizl). The Griffon- 

 Vulture. 



Local name : Avultun prim. 



In the University Collection there is a specimen which 

 was taken in Malta and about which Dr. J. Galizia i)ublished 

 a note in ' U Naturalista Maltese ' of 1890. 



198. (168) Neophron percnopterus percnopterus (L.). The 

 Egyptian Vulture. 



Local name : Avultun. 



Occurs on passage during the autumn, but must be con- 

 sidered as one of our rare birds. I have not seen more 

 than ten specimens taken in the island. The example in 

 my collection was sent to me by my friend Mr. W. Vassallo 

 from Gozo, where it was shot in the last week of Septemher 

 1914. There is one in Col. Prancia's collection which is 

 in almost perfect white plumage ; the bird, however, had 

 undergone a moult whilst in confinement in the Colonel's 

 garden. 



199. (209) Ciconia ciconia ciconia (L.) . The White Stork. 

 Local name : Ciconja bajda. 



Schembri says that the first individual seen by liim 

 occurred in April 1840, and Wright records one shot on 

 the 22nd of March, 1857, and two others sent to him by 

 Capt. Can', R.A., who had shot them on the 4th and 7th 



