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1921 .] Birds of Alcudia, Majorca. 
They invariably discovered me when picnicking among the 
hills, and circled closely around, eyeing me hungrily. Nor 
do they confine themselves for nesting entirely to the higher 
hills ; rocky hills of quite low elevation, provided there are 
sufficient caverns in them, are often frequenied. I climbed 
one day into a cavern in one such low and easily accessible 
hill, when a Black Vulture swept out and nearly knocked me 
down the hillside. 
Observed by v. Jordans. 
114. Gyps fulvus. Griffon Vulture. 
Von Jordans includes this species on the authority of the 
Archduke Ludwig Salvador, but I have never come across 
it in the district. In May 1920 at Lerida, in Catalonia, I 
saw one that was much concerned with an aeroplane above 
the town, and followed it about with interest. 
115. Neophron percnopterus. Egyptian Vulture. 
This is a resident species, but not common. Only one 
pair inhabited the Alcudia district, and had their quarters, in 
1920, in the crags around the Atalaya de Alcudia, frequently 
visiting the Port and marshes in search of food. In 1921 
they appeared to have shifted their quarters to the rocky 
hills on the west side of Alcudia Baj r , and a favourite perch 
of theirs was the sea-mark—a pillar of stone—on the sea¬ 
shore near the Port. 
Observed by v. Jordans. 
116. Circus aeruginosus. Marsh-Harrier. 
A common resident in the Albufera and less so in the 
Albuferete. They nest among the dense reed-beds in these 
marshes. 
Observed by v. Jordans. 
117. Circus cyaneus. Hen-Harrier. 
Included by v. Jordans, who observed a pair near Llucli. 
118. Circus pygargus. Montagu’s Harrier. 
Von Jordans obtained a specimen, 
