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ing : Thirty-two Golden Plovers, two Dotterels, two Song- 

 Thrushes, one Moorhen, one Scops Owl, and some Larks. 



21st. — Thirty-four Quails, two Dotterels, and a few Larks. 

 I saw a Black Eedstart at Hasting's Gardens, Valletta. 



22nd. — Two Golden Plovers, two Dotterels, and a few Larks. 



23rd. — Two Quails, some Larks, and one Black Eedstart. 



24th. — Two Quails and five Larks. I saw a Firecrest at the 

 Lower Barracca. 



26th. — Three Quails, one Song-Thrush, and some Larks. 



I saw a Eedstart at Sliema. 



A very light wind from the W.N.W. Many Adriatic Gulls 

 and some Southern Herring-Gulls passed very high over Valletta. 



27th. — A moderate wind from the N.W. Some Gulls passed, 

 against the wind. 



There were some Gulls at the market, amongst which I found 

 one bearing a ring with number 5573. 



28th. — Many Adriatic Gulls passed very low over the town. 



29th. — I saw a Black Eedstart, two Subalpine Warblers, and 

 one Spectacled Warbler in the ditches round Valletta. Another 

 ringed Adriatic Gull (No. 5358) was found among the Gulls 

 exposed for sale at the Valletta Market. 



30th. — Almost calm. I saw a Firecrest and two Chiffchaffs 

 at the Lower Barracca. 



31st. — An exceptionally large number of Adriatic Gulls, also 

 some Southern Herring Gulls, in Marsamuscetto Harbour. 



