Index 463 
Golden Plover, 149 
Goldfinch, 11, 157 
Goose, Wild, 104, 147; Grey-lag, 104; call bird, 342; tame goose’s eggs, 342-344 
Goshawk, 10, 173-176; retiring habits, 173-174; eggs of, 174,176 ; identifying bird, 175-6 
Grass Snakes, 95, 128 
Great Bustard, 90, 95, 105, 128, 131-148 ; habitat, 132-4; question of migration, 134; in its 
glory, 135-136; mating habits, 136-7; antics of, 136-8; favourite nesting-place, 138-140; 
number of eggs, 140-3; hatching out, 142-4; weights of, 144-5; flight of, 145-7; 
encounter with Eagle, 147-8 
Great Reed Warbler, 99 
» Spotted Cuckoo, 237 
5 P Woodpecker, 157, 161 
»  Litmouse, 157, 216 
Grebe, Great Crested, 99 
Green Cormorants, 236 
Greenfinches, II 
Green Plover, Peewit or Lapwing, 206 
Griffon Vulture, 387-406; nest and eggs, 87; favourite nesting-place of, 210; number of 
eggs, 217 ; a Griffons’ cliff, 273-277; a famous colony, 299, 340; cleanliness of, 388-9 ; 
nesting-places, 390, 393, 394; dates of laying, 395; nest-building, 395-6; young, 277, 
398; feigning death, 398-400; plumage of, 4oo; weight of, 4o1; span of wing, 4o1; 
identifying the bird, 402; Golden Eagles and Griffons, 357, 366 ; ‘“‘ marked” eggs, 394; 
size of, 398; defending nest, 403; wounded bird attacking, 404; marvellous numbers, 
405; habits when resting, 405-426; encounter with Bearded Vulture, 416 
Grus communis, 107, see Common Crane 
Guadalquivir, marismas of, 14-15 
Guardia Civil, 298 ; admirable corps, 307; method of dealing with brigands, 308 ; the fate 
of “ Monte Cristo,” 309 
Gulls, 105, 243, 256 
Gypaétus barbatus, 407, see Bearded Vulture 
Gyps fulvus, 387, see Griffon Vulture 
HamonpD, Lieut. R. Gerald, R.N., 447, 451, 456; Commander Robert N., R.N., 447 
Hancock, John, of Newcastle, 4 
Hand Cameras employed, 42-46 
Harriers, 102, 103, 130, 169, 187, 311; Hen, 104; Pale-chested, 104; nest of young, 105 ; 
their spirited defiance, 105-6 ; and game preserving in Spain, 165 
Hawking, 10, 182-4, 331 
Hawks, 190, and game preserving in Spain, 165 
Herdsmen, 126, 201 
Herons, Purple, 95, 96, 98, 1o1, 102 ; nests, 96 ; Common, misnamed Crane, 108 
firundo rustica, 157 
Hoopoe, 161, 237 
House Martin, 283, 284, 301 
Hume, Allan, “ Notes on Indian Birds,” 190, 213, 331, 433 
Hunt, Edward, 434 
flydrochelidon hybrida, 99, 112, see Whiskered Tern 
fypolais polyglotta, 158 
