2i6 MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 



shot. The bustards gave one of the ninos a shot, which 

 had no effect, and a big cock bird separated from the 



others, and was coming well for I , but the captain 



fired at it when quite out of shot and turned it awav. 

 Beautiful bright day, with easterly wind. Old Manuel 

 arrived. We started again about 4 p.m. to try flighting 

 for geese, but they all passed too high. The nifios 

 found a wounded one, which they brought on board 

 alive. A great many griffon vultures about a dead horse 

 some way down the river. Vicente tried to tow it up 

 to give T. some amusement with the vultures, but the 

 ebb tide was too much and he had to leave the beast 

 moored for to-morrow." 



" Fresh birds seen : Pterocks arenarius, Totanus glottis." 



La Corta, Guadalquivir 



" February i^th. Beautiful morning with easterly 

 breeze. We started in the steam launch about 9 a.m. 

 and went away through the Corta to the Brazo del Este, 



some way up which I got out and beat part of the 



bank on proper right for snipes, I cruising along in the 

 launch. We did not find many. After a while we picked 



up I and took him to a spot higher up on proper 



left bank, whence he sallied with Miguel and Francisco 

 to look for snipes at the wet places in the direction of 

 las Alcantarillas. I cruised backwards and forwards, 

 shooting at whatever offered itself on the river, which 

 was not much, though we saw enorinous numbers of 



