1 92 1.] Birds of Alcudia, Majorru. 699 



They invariably discovered me when picnicking amono- the 

 hills, and circled closely around, eyeing nie hungrily. Nor 

 do they confine themselves for nesting entirely to the higher 

 hills ; rocky hills ol: quite low elevation, provided there are 

 sufficient caverns in them, are often t'requenled. I climbed 

 one day into a cavern in one such low and easily accessible 

 hill, when a Black Vulture swept out and nearl}^ knocked me 

 down tiie hillside. 



Observed by v. Jordans. 



114. Gyps fulvus. Griffon Vulture. 



Von Jordans includes this species on the aufhoiity of the 

 Archduke Ludwig Salvador, but I have never come across 

 it in the district. In May 1920 at Lerida, in Catalonia, I 

 saw one that was much concerned with an aeroplane above 

 the town, and followed it about with interest. 



115. Neophron percnopterus. Egyptian Vulfuro. 



This is a resident species, but not common. Only one 

 pair inhabited the Alcudia district, and had their quarters, in 

 1920, in the crags around the Atalaya de Alcudia, frequently 

 visitino- the Port and marshes in search of food. In 1921 

 they appeared to have shifted their quarters to the rocky 

 hills on the west side of Alcudia Bay, and a favourite perch 

 of theirs was the sea-mark — a pillar of stone — on the sea- 

 shore near the Port. 



Observed by v. Jordans. 



IIG. Circus aeruginosus. Marsh-Harrier. 



A common resident in the All)ufera and less so in the 

 Albuferete. They nest among the dense reed-beds in these 

 marshes. 



Observed by v. Jordans. 



,' 117. Circus cyaneus. Hen-Harrier. 



Included by v. Jordans, who observed a pair near Lluch. 



118. Circus pygargus. Montagu's Harrier. 

 Von Jordans obtained a specimen, 



