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observed some Song-Thrushes and Quails, and one Scops Owl. 

 The wind to-day was a very light S.E. Some Song-Thrushes were 

 seen, and some taken. In the valleys there were a few Scops 

 Owls. 



15th. — At market. Some Quails, Song-Thrushes, one Lesser 

 Kestrel, four Scops Owls, one Snipe, one Jack Snipe, one Eeeve, 

 one Green Sandpiper, two Spotted Crakes, and one Pintail. 



17th. — Amongst several other birds I found in the market 

 •were one Corn-Bunting, two Hoopoes, one Scops Owl, one Short- 

 eared Owl, one Marsh and one Montagu's Harrier, one Green 

 Sandpiper, three Eeevea and one Euff, one Teal, one Moorhen, 

 one Snipe, and two Spotted Crakes. 



18th. — At the market again. I noticed two Teal, one Short- 

 eared Owl, one male Montagu's Harrier, and one Cream-coloured 

 Courser. The wind to-day was very light W.N.W. Short-toed 

 Larks were noticed coming in from a south-westerly direction. 



21st.— At the market, amongst other birds, I noticed a 

 Short-eared and a Scops Owl, a Dotterel, a Golden Plover, and 

 six Short-toed Larks. 



22nd. — I passed a day at Comino. On the islet I observed 

 a few Short-toed Larks, some Sardinian and Subalpine Warblers, 

 a Southern Herring-Gull, and two Mediterranean Shearwaters. 

 On my way back to Valletta from Marfa, passing through 

 St. Paul's Bay, I saw many Swallows and Martins flying along 

 the road. To-day we had a good passage of several species of 

 IVagtails and some Lesser Kestrels. 



24th. — A light wind varying from S. to S.AV. Some Pintails 

 alighted on the fish-ponds in Marsascirocco ; a pair of these were 

 taken and brought into the market. 



25th. — A light wind from the N.W. brought us a fairly good 

 passage of various Wagtails and Short-toed Larks, which were 

 observed to come in from the S.E. Some Stilts came over also 

 from the same direction, of which some were also taken. 



26th. — A moderate north-westerly wind ; we had rain during 

 almost the whole night. This brought to us a large number of 

 Hoopoes, Wheatears, Eock-Thrushes, Herons, Wrynecks, Sand- 

 pipers, Harriers, Kestrels, Owls, Crakes, etc. 



27th. — The birds noted at the market to-day were the 

 following: 126 Hoopoes, 32 Wheatears, 79 Wrynecks, 288 



