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pair or more often establish themselves in our harbours; 

 individuals are at times observed also during the spring and 

 autumn and occasionally during the summer. 



241. Phalacrocorax carbo subcormoranus Brehm. The 

 Lesser Cormorant. 



Local name : Mar gun second. 



This form is perhaps as frequent as the preceding. Of 

 the two Cormorants in my collection one certainly belongs 

 to it. The local name which I have given to it is the 

 equivalent of the English. 



242. Phalacrocorax graculus graculus (L.). The Shag. 

 The Shag has been reported for Malta by Mackay in 



his "Ornithological Notes from Malta/' published in the 

 ' Zoologist ' of 1899, where he states that he handled one 

 shot on the shore at Fort Manoel on the 12th of November, 

 1897; but as Mackay's notes are not always to be relied 

 on, I give the present occurrence as one in need of further 

 evidence. 



243. (198) Sulabassana (L.). The Gannet. 

 Local name : Sida. 



A very rare and irregular visitor — so much so, in fact, that 

 I have seen only five locally taken specimens : the first was 

 recorded by the late Prof. Tagliaferro in ' II Naturalista 

 Maltese' of 1892 ; the second was taken in the vicinity 

 of Casal Dingli and mounted by Mr. Luigi Naudi; the 

 third was taken on a hook in Marsascirocco harbour and 

 presented to Mr. Degaetani ; the fourth was shot in the 

 same locality in October 1912 and now forms part of my 

 collection ; the last was shot on Gozo, and was mounted by 

 the late Mr. Micallef, in 1913. 



244. (199) Pelecanus onocrotalus L. The Pelican. 

 Local name : Pellican. 



A very rare and irregular straggler. Schembri records 

 the capture of two individuals — one taken by Signor EUul 

 in 1832, and the other on the 12th of November, 1841. 



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