Index 461 
Chough, nesting-place of, 305 
Ciconia alba, 94 
Circaétus gallicus, 185, see Short-toed Eagle 
Circus eruginosus, 96, see Marsh Harrier 
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cineraceus, 104 
cyaneus, 1O4 
macrurus, 1O4 
Ciscar, Laja del, 86, 87 
Cisticola cursitans, 129 
Cliff Climbing, 71-90; qualifications, 73; Ropes, their dangers and their uses, 73-78 ; 
travelling naturalist and professional cliff-eggers, 79 ; size and nature of ropes, 79-82 ; 
whistle signals, 85-86; author’s silk rope, 60, 160; Alpine Club rope, 220, 226 
Climbing irons, 68 
Coccystes glandarius, 237 
Colmenares, 163 
Common Blackbird, 158 ; number of eggs, 159; in Bonelli’s Eagle’s nest, 352 
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Buzzard, 157, 186, 216, 330, 331 
Chough, 305 
Crane, 107; habits, 107-8; line of migration, 109; favourite nesting-places, 
109-10; locating nests, 111-117; simulating disablement, 114, 115; nest and 
eggs, 117-121 ; young, 122 
Raven, difficult climb to nest, 60-63, 157, 209, 236, 241-250; number of eggs, 
242, 244 ; puzzling assemblages of, 242 ; identifying the, 243-4; eggs of, 244; 
dates of nesting, 245; cunning habits of concealing nesting-place, 245-248, 
378-380 
Swallow, 157, 282, 284 
Wren, 282 ; nesting-places, 282; nest of, 282 
Contrabandistas, 295-296 
Coots’ nests, 94, 96, 101 
Cork bee-hives, 163 
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Woods, in the, 156-165, 181, 185, 186, 383 
Cormorants, 236, 300 
Corvus capensis, 19, 20 
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corax, 241 
tingttanus, described by Colonel Irby, 243 
Coto de Donana, 15, 171 
Cotyle riparia, 282 
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rupestris, 282 
Crag Martin, 282, 284; nest of, 282-3; eggs of, 283, 284 
Crane, 107, see Common Crane 
Crested Lark, 10, 11, 129 
Cross-breeding cage birds, 11 
Crow, South African, 19 
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, 14; “ Wild” camels and Flamingoes, 15; silk rope, 89 ; 
young Bearded Vultures, 411 
Cueva del Cuervo, 248, 377 
Cueva del Gato, 300, 301 
Culebrera, 185 
Curlew. 105 ; Stone-, 128 
