460 Index 
Birdsnesting, 3 ; author’s devotion to, 11-12; on Active Service, 17-20; preparing for in wild 
country, camping out and equipment, 21-38; in the Spanish Marshes, 91-93, 104-106, 
109-112 
Birds, stuffed, 4 ; cage, 9 
Blackbird, 158; eggs, 159; in Bonelli’s Eagle’s nest, 352 
Blackcaps, 9 
““ Black Eagle,” 198, 207, 208 
Black Kite, 170-173 ; nesting-place of, 171-2 ; nest of, 173 
5, Wheatear, 289-291 ; plumage of, 289 ; nest of, 289-291 : eggs of, 291 
» winged Stilt, 206 
» Vulture, 199, 210-232, 414; favourite nesting-place of, 210-211 ; plumage, weight, 
and size of, 213 ; expanse of wing, 213 ; number of eggs, 217 ; nest and eggs of, 225 
Bluejackets climb round Rock, 52, 317 
Blue Rock Thrush, 284, 287, 289, 291, 317; date of nesting, 285 ; eggs of, 289 
Bonel, the Brothers, 307 
Bonelli’s Eagle, 50, 313, 318, 328, 330-354; plumage of, 336, 337, 340; young, 336-7; size, 
3373 nesting-place, 338, 345-6; nest of, 339, 342; eggs, 339, 342; food of, 339; 
kept in confinement, 352-353 ; flight of, 353; takes Partridge, 354 
s» Warbler, 157, 158 
Booted Eagle, 172, 177, 178-185 ; plumage of, 178; nesting-places, 179-180; nest of, 179, 
180; eggs of, 180; young, 182; colour of, 182 ; taming, 182-184; flying to Falconer’s 
“lure,” 184; lost at sea, 185. 
Brigandage, 307-309 
British Museum of Natural History, 340, 388, 400, 457 
Brown-necked Raven, 243 
Bruce, James, the Traveller, 410 
Bubo ignavus, 311, see Eagle Owl 
Buff-backed Egret, 94, 130, see Egret 
Bull, in reed beds, 100 ; young bulls, 126: chased by a, 127; dislike for Englishmen, 127-8 ; 
hunted up a tree, 200-201 ; fighting bulls, 202 ; “ mild-mannered ” bulls, 202 
Bunting, Cirl, 12 
of Common, 129, 267, 305 
. Rock, 305 
Bustard, see Great and Little Bustard, 131, 149 
Buzzard, Common, 157, 186, 187, 216, 330, 331 
CALANDRA Lark, 129, 267 
Camels, “ Wild,” in Spain, 15 
Cameras employed, 42-46 ; camera stand, 47 
Canvas sling, 81 
Carabineros, 295 ; fight with, 296 
Carine noctua, 161 
Carteia, ruins of, 233 
Casting-line and weight, 64-68 
Cattle, in reed-beds, 100 ; a “bad cow,” 126; “ Lagartijo,” 127; herdsmen, 126, 201 
Cetti’s Warbler, 157 ; favourite nesting-place of, 157; eggs of, 157 
Chaffinch, 157, 216 
Charles V.’s Wall, 287 
Chelidon urbica, 283-4 
Chiff-chaff, 6, 157 
