^^^^•] OF THE FLAMINGO IN SPAIN. 449 



iJrl\Z ^-Jf*" ^^''' ^ ^'°""° "'^''^^^ ™«" Of Seville, who has 

 travelled with me as preserver of natural-history objects in Sn.in 

 andvanousparts of the Mediterranean, I received lettfrfrom whth 

 the following extracts are translated :— 



» T u . , , "^"°<' 19, 1879. 



I have been able to obtain a kw eggs of Flamingo, which I shall 

 have the pleasure of sending to you with some otherl from Man e 

 On another occasion I will give you exact particulars as to site, date.' 



«TK^ w • , . "Jwly 11, 1879. 



Ihe Flammgos have not bred either this vear, and have onlv 

 laid a few eggs ; or the number of persons who harass them is o 

 great tliat they do not allow them to build their nest. Mn i 

 ound the eggs which he has brought to .e in t^e I a Mayf " 

 spot which ,s called La Redondilla chica, where there isl, h.'. e 

 water." ucio." in the close neighbourhood of which he found tbe ^ 

 scattered about, not in the w^.ter. I have 27 (eg^ f^lt ^ 

 found in the Luc.o Real of the Isla Mayor on Ma/lp. and Manuel 

 gathered his the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd of the same month"'' 



r/r/r'^'' " ?" K^'''^'"° '^ '^' ''S' -'"'^1^ conJ^ins'theTalcon 

 (F./eldeffu), and a box with a skin of Black Vulture fh^rM ^ 



thl'J^' ''''"'"° '''^°'', ^''* ^ '''''''^ ^«™^ Flamingo?ggJ' and^with 

 LaTbr^fTylCsT "'^l"'" •' 'r °^°^"= '« relatel^/c- Th y 

 E in tLuUM Vl'^- '' ^ ^'^"°" ^° tl^^ s°"th Of the Lucio 



Real m the Isla Mayor, which is called Lucio de la Sal and close fn 

 It a new cut, or channel. Well, in those places is where ke Flamingo, 

 have laid in the greatest abundance, and in which they haVe Z ? 

 infinity of nests, which are still to be found intact o'rtarcely ha" 

 the San-Lucar folk received notice of the presence of the b f^l • 

 the places mentioned, when they attacked th^m ""Don ^u .ote d J 

 the sheep, and the poor creatures haye not been able to u^ for their 

 young, he nests which perhaps they had built with great saiisfLt^on 

 I have told Manuel to go for some nests in c.se you should wTsht" 

 have some sent to you with these eggs which I now have here Tl^ 

 eggs were seen m the places named on April 10." 



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