MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 213 



" February %th. Left by train for Cadiz. All the 

 marisma about Las Alcantarillas seems to be perfectly dry." 



" Noticed the following fresh birds : — Milvus regalis, Otis tarda, 

 O. tetrax, Hirundo rustica'' 



Cadiz 



" February gth. Saw the following birds (in the harbour) : — Larits 

 fusais, L. leucophceus, L. canus." 



San Lucar de Barrameda, Guadalquivir 



" February \oth. Under sail for the Huelva river, 



but, finding a heavy sea, ran in under shelter of Chipiona 



Point, got a pilot, and waited till the tide served, and 



we got over the bar of San Lucar without difficulty." 



" Birds seen : — Phalacrocorax carbo, Fiiffinus, two species, Alca 

 tarda, Fratercula ardica." 



'■'■ Februaiy nth. Started up the river just before 

 the tide made upwards, and with one or two temporary 

 groundings, anchored at the lower end of the Corta, in 

 the Isla Menor, about 6 p.m. We saw great numbers of 

 wigeon (Mareca penelope), some pintail {Anas acuta), mallard 

 {Anas boscas), geese {Anser ferus) in great quantities, some 

 curlews {Numenius arquatus), whimbrel {Numenius phceopus), 

 redshank {Totanus calidris), dunlins (Tringa variabilis), and 

 other small waders, besides several species recorded before." 



La Corta, Guadalquivir 

 "■^ February \2th. Fine bright day with north-west 

 breeze. We moved up early to the upper end of the 



