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1873. I have a specimen in my collection which was shot 

 at Marsascirocco during the third week of March 1910. 



234. (233) Nyroca marila marila (L.). The Scaup Duck. 

 Local name : Brajmla rasha seuda. 



I observed a drake of this species on the shore below 

 Fort St. Lucian in Marsascirocco harbour on the 26tli of 

 September, 1909. This species being so easy to identify, 

 I include it without any hesitation in our list. 



235. (236) Glaucionetta clangula clangula (L.). The 

 Golden-eye. 



Local name : Brajmla tulghain. 



A quite accidental visitor recorded by Wright, who men- 

 tions a female taken in December 1870. I saw a mounted 

 specimen, which was killed on the 2nd of February, 1909. 

 Blasius and Giglioli give the local name Brajmla zghira ; 

 that given here, however, which was suggested for the 

 species by the Hon. Dr. Magro, is, in my opinion, much 

 more to the point. 



236. (237) Erismatura leucocephala (Scop.). The White- 

 headed Duck. 



Local name : Brajmla rasha bajdu. 



Wright records a specimen taken in January 1864. 

 Blasius and Giglioli give the simple local name Brajmla ; 

 the one used here was given to the species by the Hon. Dr. 

 Magro ; it is simply, like the English, an equivalent of the 

 Latin name. 



237. (238) Mergus merganser merganser (L.). The Goos- 

 ander. 



Local name : Serra prima. 



This species figures as one of doubtful occurrence in a list 

 by Wright published in 1852, and was subsequently left out, 

 as Wright himself says, for want of satisfactory proof. 1 

 have seen, however, a specimen mounted by Mr. L. Petroni 

 of Paris ; it was shot at Birzebbugia by Mr. L. Cachia 

 Zammit in the winter of 1908. 



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