1 92 1 . ] Birds of A Icvdia, Majorca, 697 



104. Upupa epops. Hoopoe. 



A suimner visitor, arriving- in Marcli ami April, and 

 though numbers pass through the di.striot on migration, only 

 a small proportion remain to nest. A few stay throughout 

 the winter. 



Found nesting by v. Jordans. 



105. Alcedo ispida. Kingfisher. 



x\ common winter visitor in suitable localities, but all 

 leave the district in the spring. Plentiful in the Albufera 

 and on the adjacent streams, and I have seen them fishing in 

 the tanks in which water is stored from the watei--\vheels 

 for irrigation, as well as on the sea-coast. 



Included in v. Jordans' list on Barcelo's authoi'ity. 



lOt). Coracias garrulus. Roller. 



Included in v. Jordans' list on Barcelo^s authority. 



107. Tytoalba. Barn-Owl. 



Occurs sparingly in tlie district. I found two dead 

 specimens in the pine-woods on the shores of Alcudia Bay in 

 April 1920, from one of which a Wren had taken feathers 

 to line its nest. 



On 4 May, 1921, I l^lushed one from a small pine in the 

 wood, but 1 know of no possible nesting-place anywhere 

 near. A pair inhabit the tower of Alcudia Chinch, and are 

 said to drink the olivo-oil from the lamps on the shrines ; 

 hence their native name " Oliva" (olive). This species has 

 also been observed in the neia-hbourhood of Palma. 



Von Jordans obtained this sjiecies. 



108. Asio otus. Long-eared Owl. 



109. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. 



110. Strix aluco. Tawny Owl. 



Von Jordans includes the above three species in his list, 

 but they might well be omitted, as there is no recent record 

 of their occurrence in the island, and Barcelo's notes on these 

 species are questionable. 



