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and ploughed slowly through it till off Tarifa, when Tracey 

 stood over under the African land and got smooth water 



and strong current in his favour. I reports two 



birds fresh to our list — viz., gannet (^Sula bassana\ and 

 a petrel, probably Bulwer's petrel (Oceanites bulweri)* 

 Bonelli's eagle reported as sitting near the signal 

 station. We remained at Gibraltar till the end of the 

 month." 



Malaga 



'■'March ist to 11//;. Had several visits from Rafael 

 Mena, who said that it had been an exceptionally bad 



winter for birds of all sorts. 1 made an expedition 



with said Mena to el chorro in search of lammergeiers 

 {Gypa'etus barbatus), but could not find the nesting place 

 or get a shot at the birds, of which they saw one. He 

 brought back one chough {^Pyrrhocorax graculus), of which 

 they saw many, and also reported golden eagle i^Aquila 

 fulva), black chat (Saxicola leucura), and blue rock-thrush 

 (^Monticola cyanus). T., I , and Peck made several 



* The petrels belong to a large division of birds distinguished 

 by tubular nostrils (Turbinares), which frequent every sea and ocean 

 of the world. This division includes many and varied forms, from 

 the giant Wandering 1 Albatross (Diomedea exulans) to the little Storm 

 Petrel {Proallaria pelagica). The shearwaters, as before said, also 

 fall into this weird, restless group of birds. Some of them never 

 touch land but at nesting time ; and they have the general habit 

 of wandering the waters like lost spirits. Ames damrtees of the 

 Bosphorus ; yelkouan of the Arab, from the P^ulmar {Fulinarus 

 glacialis) of the Arctic to those of the Southern seas they have 

 impressed every voyager in the same way. 



