703 
1921 .] Birds of A leudia , Majorca . 
136. Fandion haliaetus. Osprey. 
Two or three pairs are resident in the district, one pair 
nesting on the cliffs on the southern face of the Cabo del 
Pinar and another pair on the cliffs of the Alcudia peninsula 
on Pollensa Bay. 1 have seen as many as five fishing on the 
lagoons near Puerto Alcudia at the same time, and a pair or 
more were daily on these lagoons or on the Bay near the 
Port, either fishing or perched on the posts in the lagoons or 
on the sandbanks in the Bay, near the flocks of gulls there. 
At the end of April the birds carried their prey away to the 
cliffs of the peninsula, where probably they had young ones. 
This species is found pretty generally all round the coast of 
the island. 
Obtained by v. Jordans. 
137. Phalacrocorax carbo. Cormorant. 
Resident, nesting on the cliffs of the Cabo de Menorca 
and round to the Cabo del Pinar. During the winter a 
large flock fished daily in the lagoon behind the pine-woods 
inland from Alcudia Bay, and then returned every night to 
roost at a certain spot on the crags and among the stunted 
pines on the cliffs of the southern face of the Cabo del Pinar, 
sharing their roosting-place with an equal number of Herons; 
and when I visited this place in January 1920 about a 
hundred of each species were there—some of the Herons fast 
asleep on the crags and in the caverns of the cliff, and many 
of the Cormorants too lazy to fly away. Both species nest 
at this spot—the Cormorants on the cliffs, and the Herons 
either on the cliffs or in the pine-trees. When the harbour 
of Alcudia is quiet, in bad weather or on feast-days* Cor¬ 
morants come right into the harbour and are sometimes 
caught in the nets. 
Obtained by v. Jordans. 
138. Phalacrocorax graculus desmarestii. Shag. 
Not very plentiful. Two or three pairs nest together at 
various spots scattered along the same cliffs as those in which 
the Cormorants breed, and they roost in the winter at their 
nesting-places. None are ever seen in the lagoons, but 
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