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Rook (Trypanocorax frugilegus). Three specimens. Oae 

 of these had four legs, and had progressed so far to 

 maturity that it was able to fly. 



Swift (Cypselus apus). White variety ; very uncommon. 



Mistle-Thrush (Tardus viscivorus) . Two specimens. 



Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) . One specimen. 



Blackbird (Merula merula) . Two specimens. 



Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus) . One specimen. 



Rock-Dove (Columba livia). One specimen. 



Sky-Lark (Alauda arvensis). Three specimens. 



Yellow Bunting (Emberiza citrinella). One specimen. 



Reed-Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) . One specimen. 



Common Bunting (Miliaria miliaria). Two specimens. 



House-Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Three specimens. 



Bullfinch (Pyrrhula europaa). A melanistic female, shot 

 in a wild state. 



Hedge- Accentor (Tharrhaleus modular is). One specimen. 



Exhibited by C. A. Wright. 



Two specimens from his collection of Maltese birds, viz. : — 

 A cream-coloured variety of the CoMxMon Nightjar 

 ( Caprimulgus europceus, ? ) and a Turtle - Dove 

 (Turtur isabellinus, Bp.). This latter bird had not been 

 taken before in the Maltese Islands, and should now 

 be added to the list of occasional visitors. It was 

 obtained in the market on the 2nd May, 1885, and had 

 hitherto been considered to be a pale variety of the 

 Common Turtle-Dove (Turtur turtur) . Cf. P. Z. S. 1886, 

 p. 81. 



