/library/oar/handle/123456789/40081 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:53:27 GMT 2025-12-28T10:53:27Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/40207 Title: A brief visit to Lipari Island Abstract: The Eolie Islands, seven in all are situated off the North Sicilian coast. Lipari with an area of 37,6 sq. km. is the largest island. Its high and sloping coasts are nearly everywhere surrounded with huge rocks. It numerous reliefs reach the maximum height of 603 m. In the middle of the island there is Piano Conte, a high plane cultivated mainly with vineyards, as in all parts of the island where farming is possible. The spontaneous vegetation is represented, as in all the Archipelago, with typical elements of Mediterranean woodland. Around the inhabited areas and in the most sheltered zones one also finds tall trees among which various imported species. Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/40207 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/40205 Title: Il-Merill : bulletin of the Ornithological Society no. 12 Abstract: The title of the Society's Bulletin, IL-MERILL, is the Maltese name for the Blue Rock Thrush, Monticola solitarius, which is one of the few resident species of the Islands. It was chosen as the National Bird of Malta by the local National Section of the International Council for Bird Preservation and has been the emblem of the Malta Ornithological Society since the latter's inception. Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/40205 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/40133 Title: Raptors in Maltese skies Abstract: This is the last article on diurnal birds of prey which appear in Malta. The accidentals and rare visitors have not been included. Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/40133 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/40132 Title: The occurrence of Alca torda torda (Lin) in Malta Abstract: Dr. C.B. Ticehurst classified separately the British razorbills from Swedish and Greenland birds under the name brittanica on account of their smaller size. This name was accepted by the British List Committee in 1937. It was later discovered that Iceland rozarbills were small in size like the British population and therefore Brehm's type of islandica, which had been obtained in southern Iceland in 1931, took precedence over britannica. Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/40132 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z