708 Captain P. W. Munn on the [Ibis, 



172. Balearica pavonina. Crowned Crane. 



Included in v. Jordans' list ; but Howard Saunders' 

 remark that it has " never occurred " is probably correct. 



173. (Edicnemus cedicnemus. Stone-Curlew. 



Resident and not uncommon. Small parties frequent the 

 sea-shore, fields, and marshes near Puerto Alcudia, and 

 Pollensa Bay in the winter, and scattered pairs nest on open 

 sandy spots among the pine-woods on the shores of Alcudia 

 Bay and on the rocky fields near the lagoons. In the pine- 

 woods the eggs are generally laid at the foot of a small 

 pine-tree rather than in the open, where they would run 

 the risk of being destroyed by cattle. Like most Plovers, 

 they make a number of scrapes before deciding in which 

 one to deposit their eggs. 



Obtained by v. Jordans. 



174. Glareola pratincola. Collared Pratincole. 

 Included in v. Jordans' list on the authority of Homeyer 



and Barcelo. 



175. Scolopax rusticola. Woodcock. 



A winter visitor, found sparsely thronghout the whole 

 district, arriving in October and remaining sometimes until 

 the latter part of March. They are most plentiful in the 

 pine-woods on the shore of Alcudia Bay among the thickets 

 of myrtle, juniper, heather, rosemary, etc. ; but I also have 

 fl'ished them in the uncultivated parts, among the orchards, 

 in the woods among the hills, on the l)arren Cabo de 

 Menorca, and in the cane-brakes on the bunds in the 

 AJbufera, and I have seen them flighting in the evening to 

 the Albufera from the adjacent hills. 



Included in v. Jordans' list. 



17G. Gallinago gallinago. Common Snipe. 



Found in quantities during the winter in the Albufera 

 and Albuferete, and adjacent country. A good many are 

 still in the swamps at the end of April, but I have not yet 

 discovered signs of their nesting. 



Observed by v. Jordans. 



