1921 .] Birds of Alcudia, Majorca. 713 
two pairs nesting in a sandy ravine which divides the pine- 
woods on the further shores of Alcudia Bay. One pair 
apparently had young, but I found a nest of the other pair 
with four eggs, nearly ready to hatch, laid on the sand in a 
scrape, with a few small pieces of coral and shells, on the 
top of a hillock among scanty, scrubby herbage. On visiting 
this spot again on 21 May, I found a similar nest with four 
eggs, evidently belonging to the same pair of birds. The 
eggs from both these nests were finely pointed and of a light 
greyish colour, covered with small dark spots, but, after 
blowing, the ground-colour changed io light butf. The 
behaviour of the birds at their nest is totally different from 
Kentish Plovers, which are not demonstrative whilst they 
have eggs; but the Little Kinged Plover flies wildly round 
and round, twisting and doubling and uttering its wild 
whistle, or else runs frantically about on the ground, whist¬ 
ling plaintively. With a larger series of Little Kinged 
Plovers’ eggs from Majorca, I shall be able to show that 
these eggs often closely resemble some examples of the 
Kentish Plover, as I have shown that many of the Kentish 
Plovers’ eggs closely assimilate to those of the Little Kinged 
Plover. The eggs of the three Little Kinged Plovers taken 
on 16 March were of a totally different type from those taken 
on 4 and 21 May. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list on Homeyer’s authority, who 
writes of it as being the rarest Plover. 
202. Vanellus vanellus. Lapwing. 
Large flocks inhabit the Albufera and neighbourhood 
during the winter, but all leave the district in the beginning 
of March. Smaller quantities are found in the Albuferete 
in the same season. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list. 
203. Hsematopus ostralegus. Oystercatcher. 
A small party frequented the sand-banks in Alcudia Bay 
from 11 April, 1920, and were still in the district on 3 May, 
but later I did not observe them. 
Included in v. Jordans’ list. 
