68S Ci.ptain P. W. Mnnn on the [Ibis, 



often than not one of the eggs remain nnhatched, which 

 accounts for the number of okl nests found witli one bad 

 egg. Tile first eggs were found on 4 April, 1920, and 

 though unfinished nests were met witli at tlie end of April, in 

 others the young were nearly ready to fly at the beginning 

 of May. 



Obtained by v. Jordans. 



55. Sylvia cantillans. Sub-Al[)ine Warbler. 

 Von Jordans obtained a specimen. 



56. Sylvia orphea. Orphean Warbler. 



A summer visitor, arriving at the end of March or begin- 

 ning of April, but not common. They chietly frequent the 

 pine-woods near the shore, where they feed quietly among 

 the upper branches. I have found old nests in the forks of 

 the smaller pine-trees. 



Von Jordans remarks on a note of Barcelo's concerning 

 this species. 



57. Melizophilus uiidatus. Dartford Warbler. 

 Von Jortlans obtained a specimen. 



58. Sylvia sarda Ijalearica. Marmora's Warbler. 

 Specimens have been obtained by v. Jordans and Witherby. 



Both the above are resident, and though I have not yet 

 obtained examples, I have observed them both in winter 

 and summer. They are occasionally for sale in the market 

 in Palma. 



59. Cettia cetti. Cetti's Warbler. 



Obtained by v. Jordans and noticed by Witherby. 

 Von Jordans separates it under the name C. c. salvatoris. 



GO. Acrocephalus streperns. Reed-Warbler. 



An abundant resident in the Albufera, where it breeds, 

 not only in the marsh itself, but in the ditches and hedges 

 adjoining. Owing to the chorus of croaking frogs in the 

 s{)ring and summer in the Albufera, it is not easy to trace 

 birds by their notes, but the Reed-Warbler's songs can be 



