1 92 1.] Birds of Alcudia, Alajorca. 685 



42. Regulus r. regulus. Goldcrest. 



Conimou durino- the winter and particularly nnmeroiis in 

 November, but leaves tlie district entirely in the spring. 

 They were plentiful in the pine-woods on the shore and 

 among the hills, even up to the limit o£ the tree-growth on 

 the wind-swept (Jabo de Menorca. As tame and confiding 

 a little bird as in other countries, and this is remarkable in 

 Majorca, where the birds are usually shy and wild. One 

 obtainetl by me is considered by Witherby to be of the 

 typical form. 



Von Jordans did not observe this species, but quotes 

 Barcelo. 



43. Eegulus ignicapillus. Firecrest. 



Notat all uncommon during the winter in similar localities 

 to the Goldcrest, but it is a much shyer and more restless 

 bird, whose habits more resemble OhiffchafFs or Willow- 

 Wrens. I usually noticed them in pairs. 



Included in v. Jordaiis^ list. 



44. Parus major. Great Titmouse. 



A resident, universally distributed but not common. A 

 nest was found on 30 April, 1920, in a hole in an olive-tree, 

 with five fresh eggs ; both the eggs and nest were exactly 

 similar to the British species, and I was unable to detect 

 any difference either in the note or habits of the bird. 



Von Jordans includes this in his list under the name 

 P. m. malloTCce Jordans, but Witherby thinks the bird cannot 

 be distinguished from P. m. aplirodite. 



45. Parus ater. Coal-Titmouse. 



Von Jordans includes this species in his list with Barcelo's 

 renuu'ks ; it might well be omitted. 



4G. Parus cseruleus. Blue Titmouse. 



Von Jordans obtained specimens of the Blue Titmouse and 

 named it P. c. haleariciis. W^itherby also noticed it ; but it 

 cannot be as universally distributed as the Great Tit, for I 

 have not yet come across if anywhere. 



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