OAR@UM Collection: /library/oar/handle/123456789/41287 2025-12-25T14:54:09Z 2025-12-25T14:54:09Z The 1974 occurrence of the Tristram's warbler /library/oar/handle/123456789/39921 2019-02-15T02:25:06Z 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The 1974 occurrence of the Tristram's warbler Abstract: In IL-MERILL (no. 15 for Jan.-June 1975) we reported the occurrence of the Tristram's Warbler (Sylvia deserticola) in Malta on 8th March 1974. However in an attached slip to the same issue, we pointed out "that the date of occurrence of the Tristram's Warbler has proved uncertain beyond the fact that it was in 1974". We promised a fuller presentation of available facts in a future issue of IL-MERILL. The facts, as far as we could ascertain, are as follows. 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Notable unpublished occurrences previous to 1971 /library/oar/handle/123456789/39915 2019-02-15T02:25:17Z 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Notable unpublished occurrences previous to 1971 Abstract: In the course of preparing the script for the M.O.S. publication "A Guide To The Birds Of Malta" a number of previously unpublished records came to light and appeared in that publication. 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z MOS ringing group report for 1974 /library/oar/handle/123456789/39914 2019-02-15T02:25:09Z 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: MOS ringing group report for 1974 Abstract: During 1974 the Group was initially composed of seven ringers: S. Borg, C. Ganci. T. Gauci, B.K. German, J. Grech, J. Sultana and V. Vella Muscat. V. Cilia obtained his permit in August, while three active trainees - J. Azzopardi, M.V. Ganci and C.A. Pomeroy completed their training late in the year and received their permits in December bringing the total number of ringers to eleven. The total number of birds ringed in 1974 amounted to 3,131 of 85 species, the highest total in the Group's nine years of existence. 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Il-Merill : bulletin of the Malta Ornithological Society no. 16 /library/oar/handle/123456789/39909 2019-02-15T02:25:13Z 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Il-Merill : bulletin of the Malta Ornithological Society no. 16 Abstract: 'IL-MERILL' is a Malta Ornithological Society publication. The Editor welcomes articles, and other features treating aspects of the Ornithology concerning the Maltese Islands and the Mediterranean. 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z