22 QUAILS AND BUSTARDS. 
the number that may be shot. About Tarifa at that season 
every gun-possessing man and boy turns out with every cur 
dog in the town^ and, regardless of each other, they fire in 
all directions, so that it is a service of danger to go out near 
them. If the wind during their passage remains in the east, 
the Quails pass on, and little or no sport is to be had with 
them. A west wind detains them and prevents their passing 
the Straits, though it does not seem to retard their migration 
by land. 
The remaining small game to be noticed in Andalucia are 
Bustards, both the Great and Little Bustard, hares, and 
rabbits. The Great Bustard is only to be got with any cer- 
tainty by driving. The Little Bustard, more wary still, is 
only to be shot in the end of July and in Augast during the 
extreme heat of the day, though sometimes they can be driven 
over a gun by getting under the bank of a river or such like 
shelter, and sending a man round to put them up; but on 
rising they usually mount up very high, in this respect differ- 
ing from the Great Bustard, which hardly ever flies high 
enough to be out of shot if you are directly underneath. 
Hares [Lepus mediterraneus) are a much smaller species than 
in England, about the size of a good average English rabbit, 
not very abundant anywhere and frequenting open flat and 
cultivated districts, never being found among woods or hilly 
ground. Babbits, of course, are abundant but very small, rather 
less in size than the New- Forest rabbit, which is the most 
diminutive race in England. A shooting-license, easily ob- 
tainable through the aid of any British Consul, is requisite in 
Spain ; and though seldom asked for, it is better to have one. 
The form and cost of one varies according to the Government, 
and therefore is seldom alike two years in succession. Lately 
there have been two licenses — one to carry a gun, the other 
to kill game, though what '' game " is not defined. 
I here mention some notes of the Mammalia of Andalucia, 
with their local names, which may be useful to the sportsman. 
Of course there are other species of small Mammalia to be 
found, especially among the bats ; with the names of the 
latter I have been kindly assisted by Lord Lilford, who has 
