1 92 1.] Birds of Alcudia^ Majorca. 701 



and even over the Port of Alciulia, and also in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Pollensa. 



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



125. Accipiter nisus. Sparrow-Hawk. 



I saw a specimen on 29 December, 1919, in the pine- 

 woods near the Cabo de Menorca. chasing a Thrush; and 

 another on 18 March, 1921. in the pine-woods on the shore 

 of Alcudia Bay. 



Observed by v. Jordans. 



126. Milvus milvus. Kite. 



Two pairs only inhabit the immediate vicinity of Alcudiii, 

 and one or other of tlieni visited the harbour and marshes 

 almost daily in search of food, and often snatched up refuse 

 from the surface of the water to devour on the wing. One 

 pair had apparently made their home in the woods among the 

 hills to the west of Puerto Alcudia, and the other pair near 

 the " Victoria " on Pollensa Bay. I was unable to find their 

 nests in any of the trees, and am inclined to think they were 

 nesting in the crags ; for on the southern shore of Alcudia 

 Bay a pair were building on a ledge of rock, on a rocky 

 bluff, at the mouth of a torrente, beyond Picafort, on 

 29 April, 1920. 



Obtained by v. Jordans. 



127. Milvus aegyptius. Egyptian Kite. 

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



128. Milvus migrans. Black Kite. 



Not common ; examples were seen near Pollensa on 

 9 February, 1920, and a pair near Alcudia on 11 April, 1920. 

 Included in v. Jordans' list. 



129. Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. 



Peregrines were noticed chiefly in the winter, when duck 

 were plentiful in the lagoons and marshes, but a pair of 

 large dark-coloured Falcons were seen hunting over the 

 woods and hills to the west of Puerto Alcudia on 4 May, 

 1920, and a single example of the same species in the 



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