352 Hon. T. L. Powys on Birds 



companion. Colonel C , and I, during the severe weather of 



1857-8, devoted ourselves almost exclusively to the pursuit of 

 the Anatidce, often allowing Woodcocks to rise at our feet with- 

 out further notice than an exclamation from one to the other — 

 "O, don^t shoot that carrion/' and treating Snipes with the 

 most supreme contempt. Perhaps the best sport of all sorts to 

 be had within easy distance of Corfu is at Santa Quaranta, where 

 Wild Boars, Roes, Hares, and Woodcocks are plentiful in the 

 thickets and ravines among the hills, and wild-fowl of all kinds 

 and Snipes are generally to be found in myriads. Besides this, 

 the above locality has the ornithological recommendation of 

 being the haunt of Aquila imperialis, A. navia, A. bonellii, Strix 

 bubo, Falco asalon, and (I have now reason to believe) F. lanarius. 

 Few parts of the great marsh are impenetrable to a determined 

 sportsman, who of course must be prepared to wade, with the 

 water seldom below his knees, and often up to his middle, the 

 safest place for his powder-flask being the top of his hat. In my 

 opinion, the sport amply repays any amount of fatigue or cold ; 

 and from the marsh of Santa Quaranta there is a rough walk of 

 about two miles to the anchorage, which will serve to restore 

 circulation. I cannot resist again giving some extracts from 

 my ' game-book,' with reference to this well-beloved spot : — 



On the 15th of January, 1858, we were a party of five, and 

 shot the hill-sides for Woodcocks. We bagged 64 Woodcocks 

 and 1 Snipe. 



On the 16th four of our party took to the Snipe-marsh, and 

 the other, in search of Woodcocks, to the fern-clad banks of the 

 small river which separates the hills from the plain. The result 

 of our combined exertions was, 100 Snipes, 11 Wild Ducks, 16 

 Teal, 26 Woodcocks, 9 Quails. 



On the 20th, Col. C and I spent the day in the great 



marsh, and bagged 27 Wild Ducks, 15 Teal, 1 Pintail, 6 Wood- 

 cocks, 1 Hare. 



21st January. We were a party of six, and shot for Wood- 

 cocks. Our bag contained at the end of the day, 81 Woodcocks, 

 8 Wild Ducks, 2 Teal, 2 Hares. 



22nd January. Two guns in the great marsh. Bagged 

 12 Wild Ducks, 18 Teal, 1 Pochard, 1 Sheldrake. 



