✠ Glossary & Dictionary ✠

• Il-Bajja ta’ San Niklaw - St Nicholas Bay.
• Bejn il-Kmiemen –‘Between the Cominos’. (Blue Lagoon).
• Bir - Well.
• Cabbalist - a practitioner of the secret mystical tradition of Jewish Rabbis Abulafla.
• Horża tal-Bir - Stone structure above ground level of a well.
• Iċ-Ċimiterju – The Cemetery.
• Il-Forn – The Bakery.
• Il-Kappella- The Chapel.
• Il-Palazz – The Palace.
• It–Torri – The Tower.
• It-Trunciera – The Battery.
• Il-Kala ta’ Santa Marija - St Nicholas Bay.
• Karst - any uneven limestone landscape formed by the action of percolating water and underground streams.
• Malti - the Maltese language.
• Il-Qala ta’ San Niklaw – St Nicholas Bay.
• Il-Ramla ta’ Santa Marija - St Marija Bay.
• Stazzjon tal-Birdlife – Bird ringing station.
• Tal-Hmara - Of the donkey
• Veldrome - Curved structure on fortification designed and named after Philippe de Vendosme.

✠ Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jenny Cronin, Joseph Caruana & Maria Caruana. Particular thanks to Salvu and Anglu Vella, Marija Said and Evangelista Buttigieg (Veggie) and Elvin Cauchi.

Thanks also to Salvu Vella for the drone footage and wildlife photography.

Any errors are mine and mine alone—Richard Evans.

✠ References and useful sources

Websites

• gozo.gov.mt
• visitgozo.com
• cominohotel.com
• birdlifemalta.org Telephone. (356) 2134 7646.

Books

• ‘Comino Walks’. Ministry for Gozo.
• Where to Watch Birds and Other Wildlife in Malta A. Casha. ISBN 99909-62-01-4. BirdLife Malta. 1992.
• The Coastal Fortifications of Gozo and Comino A. Samut-Tagliaferro. Midsea Publications 1993.
• Wildlife of the Maltese Islands Eds. J. Sultana and V. Falzon. BirdLife Malta. 2002.
• Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean by David Burnie. ISBN 0-7513-2761-1. Published by Dorling Kindersley. 2000.
• Wild Plants of Malta Hans Christian Weber. ISBN 99909-370-0. Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd. 2004.
• The Maltese Countryside 2 volumes. Guido Bonette and Joe Attard. ISBN 99909-394-⁸⁄₉₉₉₀₉-396-4. Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd. 2005.
• Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Europe (Includes Malta) by Paul Davies and Bob Gibbins.
• Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean by Christopher Grey-Wilson and Marjorie Blaney Published by Bloomsbury.
• Malta, Gozo and Comino Simon Gaul. ISBN0-947754-44-X. Cadogan Books Ltd. 1993.
• Life of Comino in the 1930s –The experiences of Arthur Zammit Cutajar and the Comino Farming Company. March 2004.
• 50 Sena Sacerdot (A 50th Anniversary) by Dun Karm Xerri. March 2011.

Richard Evans and Jenny Cronin, September 2016