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193. Numenius phaeopus. Whimbrel. 

 Included in v. Jordans' list. 



194. Numenius tenuirostris. Sl(Midcr-bilIo.d Carlo w. 

 Admitted in v. Jordans' list on the authority oh' Homejer 



and Barcelo ; but many of the statements made by these two 

 writers on Majorca birds are so improbable tliat it is not 

 possible to rely on them, and they are better omitted. 



195. Hiraantopus himantopus. Black-winoed Stilt. 



I saw a single example oE tliis Sj)ecies on the lagoons near 

 Alcudia on 14 April, 1921. 



Von Jordans found it breeding in the island. 



196. Recurvirostra avocetta. Avocet. 

 Included by v. Jordans on Baicelo's authority. 



197. Charadrius apricarius. Golden Plover. 



Some small flocks were seen among the Peewits in the 

 Albufera during the winter and earlv spring. 



198. Squatarola squatavola. Grey Plover. 



I saw a flock of seven individuals on 14 November, 1919, 

 and several times later during the same winter, in the 

 Albufera and neighbourhood ; and also a single bird on the 

 sand-baidvs in Alcudia Bay on 18 November, 1920. 



199. .ffigialitis hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 

 Observed by v. Jordans. 



200. JEgialitis alexandrina. Kentish Plover. 



A very common and confiding bird, found during all the 

 year, round the shores of Alcudia Bay, in the Albufera, the 

 Alcudia marshes, as well as at the Albuferete and the lower 

 end of Pollensa Bay. Their numbers are considerably auo-- 

 mented in spring by birds arriving to breed. They nest 

 abundantly in a variety of situations — on the sandy shores 

 of the bay, on the dried mud of the lagoons, in the marshes, 

 on ihe fields, and even on the sandy cart-tracks leading to 

 the shore and on the roadside bounding the i^hore close to 



