697 
1921 .] Birds of Alcudia, Majorca. 
104. Upupa epops. Hoopoe. 
A summer visitor, arriving in March and April, and 
though numbers pass through the district on migration, only 
a small proportion remain to nest. A few stay throughout 
the winter. 
Found nesting by v. Jordans. 
105. Alcedo ispida. Kingfisher. 
A common winter visitor in suitable localities, but all 
leave the district in the spring. Plentiful in the Albufera 
and on the adjacent streams, and I have seen them fishing in 
the tanks in which water is stored from the water-wheels 
for irrigation, as well as on the sea-coast. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list on Barcelo’s authority. 
106. Coracias garrulus. Roller. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list on Barcelo’s authority. 
107. Tyto alba. Barn-Owl. 
Occurs sparingly in the district. I found two dead 
specimens in the pine-woods on the shores of Alcudia Bay in 
April 1920, from one of which a Wren had taken feathers 
to line its nest. 
On 4 May, 1921, I flushed one from a small pine in the 
wood, but I know of no possible nesting-place anywhere 
near. A pair inhabit the tower of Alcudia Church, and are 
said to drink the olive-oil from the lamps on the shrines ; 
hence their native name “ Oliva” (olive). This species has 
also been observed in the neighbourhood of Palma. 
Von Jordans obtained this species. 
108. Asio otus. Long-eared Owl. 
109. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. 
110. Strix aluco. Tawny Owl. 
Yon Jordans includes the above three species in his list, 
but they might well be omitted, as there is no recent record 
of their occurrence in the island, and Barcelo’s notes on these 
species are questionable. 
