708 
Captain P. W. Munn on the [Ibis, 
172. Balearica pavonina. Crowned Crane. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list ; but Howard Saunders’ 
remark that it has “ never occurred ” is probably correct. 
173. (Edicnemus cedicnemus. Stone-Curlew. 
Resident and not uncommon. Small parties frequent the 
sea-shore, fields, and marshes near Puerto Alcudia, and 
Pollensa Bay in the winter, and scattered pairs nest on open 
sandy spots among the pine-woods on the shores of Alcudia 
Bay and on the rocky fields near the lagoons. In the pine- 
woods the eggs are generally laid at the foot of a small 
pine-tree rather than in the open, where they would run 
the risk of being destroyed by cattle. Like most Plovers, 
they make a number of scrapes before deciding in which 
one to deposit their eggs. 
Obtained by v. Jordans. 
174. Glareola pratincola. Collared Pratincole. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list on the authority of Homeyer 
and Barcelo. 
175. Scolopax rusticola. Woodcock. 
A winter visitor, found sparsely throughout the whole 
district, arriving in October and remaining sometimes until 
the latter part of March. They are most plentiful in the 
pine-woods on the shore of Alcudia Bay among the thickets 
of myrtle, juniper, heather, rosemary, etc. ; but I also have 
flushed them in the uncultivated parts, among the orchards, 
in the woods among the hills, on the barren Cabo de 
Menorca, and in the cane-brakes on the bunds in the 
Albufera, and I have seen them flighting in the evening to 
the Albufera from the adjacent hills. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list. 
176. Gallinago gallinago. Common Snipe. 
Found in quantities during the winter in the Albufera 
and Albuferete, and adjacent country. A good many are 
still in the swamps at the end of April, but I have not yet 
discovered signs of their nesting. 
Observed by v. Jordans. 
