THE IBIS, 



FIFTH SEEIES. 



No. XIX. JULY 1887. 



XXVI. — Notes on Mediterranean Ornithologyi 

 By Lord Lilford. 



(Plate VIII.) 



We joined the yacht ' Glowworm ' at Cadiz on February 8th, 

 1882, and after some ten days spent in our favourite haunts 

 on the Guadalquivir, in pursuit of Bustards and Wildfowl of 

 all sorts, proceeded to Gibraltar and Malaga. Our party 

 consisted of Lieut. -Col. Irby, my eldest son, Mr. E. G. Peck, 

 and myself. Before making eastward from Cadiz I was 

 caught by my enemy and incapacitated even from boating for 

 a long time ; but during our stay at Malaga, which extended 

 from March 1st to 16th, my companions were constantly out 

 on the bay, and met with a good many birds — Gulls, a few 

 Terns, some Skuas, great numbers of both the Mediterranean 

 species of Shearwater, Scoters, one Diver, a Grebe or two, 

 Razorbills, an occasional passing Heron, and an Osprey. 

 The Gulls in the harbour of Malaga seemed to be exclusively 

 Larusfuscus and Larus ridibundus. I find no note of having 

 on this occasion met with Larus cachinnans, and, in spite of 

 eager and constant look-out, we failed to identify a single 

 specimen of Larus melanocephalus — a species, indeed, which I 



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