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There were also several Kites, which seemed to be black all over.


Kestrels were common at Alcudia and also in Iviza, and were the

only birds found nesting.


Several flocks of Duck were seen at some distance in the Alcudia

marshes ; they looked like Common Mallard, flying, but were too far

oft’ to be identified with certainty. On one occasion I saw a Heron in

the marshes near Alcudia.


One Snipe was flushed on the stream at Santa Eulalia, Iviza, but

on account of the people about it was not safe to shoot at it.


Mr. Willford reported seeing a Golden Oriole on the day we left

Formentera, April 20. We saw surprisingly few sea-birds, and I hope

on another opportunity to make a list of them.


While waiting for our steamer to return from Iviza I saw a Sedge

Warbler and a Marsh Warbler in the swamp just outside the town,

but do not feel justified in placing them in the list as I did not get

specimens of either.


Tt is perhaps worth noting that we did not meet with a single

example of the Song Thrush nor of the Wren. Of course many more

specimens could have been procured, but I have always made it a rule

when collecting in foreign countries never to shoot a bird until I have


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examined it with the field-glasses and felt justified in shooting it.


The photographs which illustrate this short article were taken by

Mr. H. H. Willford, and give an idea of the kind of country in which

the birds were found.



BIRD LIFE AT THE MANCHESTER

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

By Graham Renshaw, M.D., F.R.S.E.


There must be few indeed of our northern Members who have

not at some time or other enjoyed a visit to the Manchester Zoological

Gardens at Belle Vue. The writer recommends those at a distance

who have not had the advantage indicated to repair the omission

as soon as possible, and trusts that the following notes may be of

interest to all. A fuller account of the menagerie will be found in

the Magazine for March, 1919.



