MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 213 



" February 8//z. Left by train for Cadiz. All the 

 marisma about Las Alcantarillas seems to be perfectly dry." 



" Noticed the following fresh birds : Milvus regalis, Otis tarda, 

 O. tetrax, Hirundo rustica" 



CADIZ 



" February yth. Saw the following birds (in the harbour) : Larus 

 fusfus, L. kucophaus, L. canus." 



SAN LUCAR DE BARRAMEDA, GUADALQUIVIR 

 "February loth. Under sail for the Huelva river, 

 but, finding a heavy sea, ran in under shelter of Chipiona 

 Point, got a pilot, and waited till the tide served, and 

 we got over the bar of San Lucar without difficulty." 



"Birds seen: Phalacrocorax carbo, Pttffinus, two species, A lea 

 tor da, Fratercula arctica." 



"February nth. Started up the river just before 

 the tide made upwards, and with one or two temporary 

 groundings, anchored at the lower end of the Corta, in 

 the Isla Menor, about 6 p.m. We saw great numbers of 

 wigeon (Mareca penelope), some pintail (Anas acuta\ mallard 

 (Ana s boscas\ geese (Anser ferns] in great quantities, some 

 curlews (Numenius arquatus}, whimbrel (Numenius phceopus\ 

 redshank (Totanus calidris), dunlins (Tringa variabilis\ and 

 other small waders, besides several species recorded before." 



LA CORTA, GUADALQUIVIR 



''February iith. Fine bright day with north-west 

 breeze. We moved up early to the upper end of the 



