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1921.J Birds of Alcudia, Majorca. 
193. Numenius phaeopus. Whimbrel. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list. 
194. Numenius tenuirostris. Slender-billed Curlew. 
Admitted in v. Jordans’ list on tbe authority of Homeyer 
and Barcelo ; but many of tbe statements made by these two 
writers on Majorca birds are so improbable that it is not 
possible to rely on them, and they are better omitted. 
195 Himantopus himantopus. Black-winged Stilt. 
I saw a single example of this species on tbe lagoons near 
Alcudia on 14 April, 1921. 
Yon Jordans found it breeding in the island. 
196. Recurvirostra avocetta. Avocet. 
Included by v. Jordans on Barcelo’s authority. 
197. Cliaradrius apricarius. Golden Plover. 
Some small flocks were seen among the Peewits in the 
Albufera during tbe winter and early spring. 
198. Squatarola squatarola. Grey Plover. 
I saw a flock of seven individuals on 14 November, 1919, 
and several times later during the same winter, in the 
Albufera and neighbourhood ; and also a single bird on the 
sand-banks in Alcudia Bay on 18 November, 1920. 
199. iEgialitis hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 
Observed by v. Jordans. 
200. iEgialitis alexandrina. Kentish Plover. 
A very common and confiding bird, found during all tbe 
year, round the shores of Alcudia Bay, in the Albufera, tbe 
Alcudia marshes, as well as at tbe Albuferete and the lower 
end of Pollensa Bay. Their numbers are considerably aug¬ 
mented in spring by birds arriving to breed. They nest 
abundantly in a variety of situations—on the sandy shores 
of the bay, on the dried mud of the lagoons, in the marshes, 
on the fields, and even on the sandy cart-tracks leading to 
the shore and on the roadside bounding the shore close to 
