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IV..—-THROUGH THE WOODLANDS. 
CHAP Tike I: 
A DAY IN THE CORK WOODS. 
Great variety of birds met with—Winter residents—Some tardy migrants—The 
Warblers: Cetti’s, Bonelli’s, Melodious Willow, Western Orphean, Western 
Rufous and Nightingale—Blackbirds—Serin Finches—Woodchat Shrikes— 
Golden Orioles—Protective colouring of Orioles—Artistic nests—Difficult of 
access—Climbing a tree-top—Scops and Little Owls—Tree-tapping and its 
results—Hoopoes—Bee-eaters—Their subterranean nests—How to reach 
them —Cork-oak trees—Game preserving in Spain—Value of the Raptores 
as assistants—Predacious reptiles and four-footed marauders. 
N Spain, where the naturalist in the 
woodlands meets with the great tree- 
nesting species I describe in this 
book, such as the White-shouldered 
Eagle and Black Vulture, as well as 
the many lesser Eagles, the Kites, 
Hawks and Ravens, he is almost 
inclined to overlook the host of 
smaller and less conspicuous birds 
which make the trees and under- 
growth their home during the breed- 
ing season. The Warblers alone, 
though abundant, and heard on 
every side, are so elusive in their habits and cunning in their 
choice of nesting-places as to make their separate study and the 
finding of their nests the work of a lifetime. 
