492 Mr. C. A. Wright oti Birds observed in Malta and Gozo. 



that its occurrence became known. The taxidermist I usually 

 employ happened to be a relation of the man who shot it ; and 

 he, having seen the specimen obtained by me in 1864 and the 

 figure of it in 'The Ibis' (1865^ pL x.), immediately recognized 

 its value, and saved it from being cooked. When shown to me, it 

 had already been set up; but the skin was quite fresh. Like 

 the former specimen, it was a female : the tail was entirely 

 white, without the terminal brown bar which is sometimes pre- 

 sent in this species. The bird-stuffer assured me that the irides 

 were broum, which agrees with the experience of Dr. Adams, who 

 shot this bird in the Punjaub ; the margins of the eyelids were 

 red. There was nothing extraordinary in the weather at the 

 time to account for its appearance. 



Tringa temmincki (Ibis, 1864, p. 148). I shot another speci- 

 men of this Stint on the 14th of May, 1869, at the Salini, out 

 of a flock of five. This makes the third or fourth time that I 

 have observed it ; but I have no doubt that it is commoner than 

 it appears to be, and is often mistaken for its congener. 



Phcenicopferiis roseifs (Ibis, 1864, p. 149). Among the re- 

 markable captures made in the winter of 1867-68, were two 

 Flamingos, shot at the Salini, after having been seen at the 

 Marsa. The weather had been very stormy for some days pre- 

 viously. This bird, like many others, is much more rarely seen 

 now than formerly. 



Larus minutus (Ibis, 1864, p. 152). This is a very uncertain 

 visitor, and during the last four or five years I have not met with 

 it more than two or three times. 



Anas casarca (Ibis, 1864, p. 155). A second example was 

 shot at the Marsa, in December 1864; and I saw a third in a 

 collection of Maltese birds. 



Mergus alhellus (Ibis, 1864, pp. 156, 291). This rare visitor 

 has appeared several times daring the last few years. A fine 

 adult male was obtained in the winter of 1868, and preserved 

 for the University Museum ; and at the same time one or two 

 females were shot. 



I find that an examination of Dr. Salvadori's interesting ca- 

 talogue of the birds of Sardinia {cf. Ibis, 1865, p. 225), for a 

 copy of which I am indebted to the author's kindness, confirms 



