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Birds of AJcudia , Majorca. 
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42. Regulus r. regulus. Goldcrest. 
Common during the winter and particularly numerous in 
November, but leaves the district entirely in the spring. 
They were plentiful in the pine-woods on the shore and 
among the hills, even up to the limit of the tree-growth on 
the wind-swept Cabo de Menorca. As tame and confiding 
a little bird as in other countries, and this is remarkable in 
Majorca, where the birds are usually shy and wild. One 
obtained by me is considered by Witherby to be of the 
typical form. 
Yon Jordans did not observe this species, but quotes 
Barcelo. 
43. Regulus ignicapillus. Firecrest. 
Not at all uncommon during the winter in similar localities 
to the Goldcrest, but it is a much shyer and more restless 
bird, whose habits more resemble Chiffchaffs or Willow- 
Wrens. I usually noticed them in pairs. 
Included in v. Jordans^ list. 
44. Parus major. Great Titmouse. 
A resident, universally distributed but not common. A 
nest was found on 30 April, 1920, in a hole in an olive-tree, 
with five fresh eggs ; both the eggs and nest were exactly 
similar to the British species, and I was unable to detect 
any difference either in the note or habits of the bird. 
Yon Jordans includes this in his list under the name 
P. m. mallorcce Jordans, but Witherby thinks the bird cannot 
be distinguished from P. m. aphrodite. 
45. Parus ater. Coal-Titmouse. 
Yon Jordans includes this species in his list with Barcelo's 
remarks ; it might well be omitted. 
46. Parus caeruleus. Blue Titmouse. 
Yon Jordans obtained specimens of the Blue Titmouse and 
named it P. c. balearicus. Witherby also noticed it ; but it 
cannot be as universally distributed as the Great Tit, for I 
have not yet come across it anywhere. 
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