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than fifteen nests of that species in Andalusia 

 in the first ten days of May 1872, and it is also 

 common in Old and New Castile. 



To Lieut. -Colonel Howard Irby. 



' Lilford : December 6, 1875. 



' I had a very good four days' shoot at Lyn- 

 ford, 445, 554, 816, and 863 head; 13 woodcocks 

 out of 25 seen. On that Saturday Jones and 

 Donald bagged 7 teal, 2 golden plover and 

 7 snipes ; it was a nasty day, and I dared not 

 face it. They described snipes and fowl of all 

 sorts in hundreds. On Monday I went to see ; 

 there must have been in one spot about 500 in 

 number, ducks, teal, and widgeon. I got three 

 shots at teal, and bagged 4. Saw a flight of 

 about 15 dunlins, and a fine eld haggard falcon. 

 On Tuesday I shot 2 golden eyes, male and 

 female, near the loch. Sir L. Loraine bagged 

 only 1 duck and 2 snipes, but he puts in shavings 

 instead of powder. We have many bramblings 

 and siskins about. Jones reports goosander 

 down the river ; I heard wax-wings on Friday. 

 They got 9 woodcocks at Bulwick on Thursday 



