520 Mr. G. Despott on the [Ibis, 



320. (322) Larus gelastes Thienem. The Slender-billed 

 Gull. 



Local name : Gawwja rosa. 



Wright states that he believed he had seen this species 

 several times flying about the harbour, but he never 

 succeeded in shooting one ; he also mentioned two locally- 

 taken specimens in the University Museum. The local 

 name I obtained from Mr. Micallef, who mounted a 

 specimen shot in the Marsamuscetto Harbour about twenty- 

 five years ago. 



321. (323) Larus audouini Payr. Audouin's Gull. 

 Local name : Gawivja ghedduma ahmar. 



Keported by Wright^ who was informed by Tristram that 

 the species had been observed by him in Malta. I, too, have 

 been informed by Mr. Micallef that he handled a specimen 

 some years ago, and he called it by the local name. 



322. (316) Rissa tridactyla tridactyla (L.). The Kitti- 

 wake. 



Local name : Gawwja taV Inghilterra. 



Schembri records a specimen taken from the Grand 

 Harbour in 1843, and Wright another sliot by Mr. Medly- 

 cott in Marsa,muscetto Harbour on the 22nd of February, 

 1873. 



323. (327) Stercorarius pomarinus (Temm.). The Poma- 

 torhine Skua. 



Local name : Ciefa ta denba. 



Schembri includes the species in his catalogue on account 

 of a specimen which was brought to him from a distance of 

 twenty miles to the north of Malta, and Wright in his 

 fifth appendix to the list of Maltese birds says that the 

 specimen reported by him as S. catarrhactes, which was shot 

 at the Salina in 1860, was really S. pomatorhinus. I, too, 

 have fallen into a mistake by including 8. catarrhactes in 

 my list of 1915, being unaware at the time of the correction 

 made by Wright in 1874. 



