'254 WILD SPAIN. 



Starling ; Black-headed Gulls still here, in fall breeding- 

 plumage. Euff and Black-tailed Godwits shot to-day. 



March '26th. — Ring-Ouzel (Sierra Bermeja), and in same 

 district, Booted Eagle on 29th, Woodchat 30th, and Rock- 

 Thrush on April 3rd. 



March 30/// (1883).— Woodchats : and first Cuckoo heard 

 in garden. Starlings, Thrushes and Sky-larks have all gone. 



March 'dlst (1872). — Swarms of Bee-eaters, Eared and 

 Russet Wheatears, and two or three Rollers. 



March Slst (1891).-— While away in sierra, the follow- 

 ing birds have appeared : Savi's, Spectacled, and Subalpine 

 Warblers (all obtained), Cirl-Buntings, Swifts. 



April Srd. — Nightingales in garden. They do not sing 

 for the first few days. First eggs laid May 7th. 



April ()t]i. — Montagu's Harrier arrived (the last Hen- 

 Harrier shot on 10th). Demoiselle Crane shot. 



April Stli. — Turtle-Doves in small flights, and many Bee- 

 eaters and Rollers arrived. Last Snipe shot to-day. 



April 9th. — Pratincoles, Whiskered and Lesser Terns. 



April 10th. — Pair Marbled Ducks, one Nyroca Pochard, 

 and an Egret shot. Observed White-faced Ducks. 



April 16th. — Glossy Ibis — Zopiton. 



Ajjril 20th. — The following have arrived within the last 

 week or ten days. Great Sedge Warbler, Orphoean and 

 Garden Warblers, Whitethroat, Ortolan, and Golden 

 Orioles — the latter seen first to-day. 



April 23yv/. — Pair Hol)bies observed — pinalcs. 



April 25th. — Alpine Swifts passing over. 



April 21th. — Shot Buff-backed Heron, Isla Menor : and 

 found Bittern's nest with three eggs ; also two of the Great 

 Bustard, each with two eggs. 



Aj>ril 2Sth. — Night-Herons observed — marisma Gallega. 



April 29th. — Rufous Warblers iKdon r/alactoclcs) arrived 

 in hundreds. On same date Honey-Buzzards passing 

 northwards, flying quite low against a north-easterly gale, 

 in large bands. A friend, shooting Turtle-Doves in the 

 j)inalcs of San Fernando, killed six. These Buzzards pass 

 yearly in hundreds (both adults and immature), on one or 

 two days at this period, but usually fly very high. 



