212 MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 



February to May, 1882 

 Sevilla 



" February c^th. Old Manuel Llanos came, bring- 

 ing with him a good specimen of the imperial eagle 

 (^Aquila adalberti) in the sandy mottled plumage of im- 

 maturity, two grey-lag geese {^Anser ferus), and two 

 Spanish magpies {Cyanopica cooki). He says that owing 

 to the abundant rains a great number of birds nested in 

 the marisma and cotos last year, amongst others the 

 glossy ibis, which had not done so before to his know- 

 ledge ; of this species he got some three clutches of eggs, 

 all of which, except that one sent to me, were destroyed 



by mice. P went to the Museo and Casa de Pilatos, 



and I to see old F, Barlow, who is quite laid up. 



Noticed willow wren {Phylloscopus trochilus) in orange 

 trees in the Plaza under our windows. 



" Manuel also brought a young imperial eagle alive, 

 insisting that it was of another species, which only appears 

 in these parts during the winter. 



" Drove out (in afternoon) along Las Delicias and 

 away back by the Canas de Carmona on the road to 

 Alcata de Guadeira. Lovely bright warm day." 



" Noticed tlie following birds : — Circus cyaneus, Hirundo urbica, 

 Ruticilla titys. Passer domesticus, Fringilla cxleis, Fringilla serinus, 

 Carduelis elegans, Anthus campestris, Alauda cristata, A. arvensis, 

 Sturftus vulgaris, Turdus musicus, Grus dnereus, Pratincola rubicola, 

 Motacilla alba, Emberiza miliaria." 



