82 Mr. H. ^ohle—Forhj-foKT 
Plegadis falcinellus. 
Glossy Ibises were rather rare : TPe only met with them 
once^ when three pairs had nests among those of the small 
Herons. These were placed in bushes six feet from the water ; 
they are deeper and many rushes are used in their con- 
struction. Ibises seem to be irregular in their time of 
breeding, for last season many nests were found with fresh 
eggs in June, while ours contained three or four eggs on 
April 27th. 
Anas boscas. 
Common everywhere, in spite of tlie wretched females 
being shot on their nests on every opportunity by the 
Spaniards. Fresh eggs were found April 29th ; the first 
young on May 8th. 
Chaulelasmus strepertjs. 
The Gadwall was common ; we found a nest on April 28th_, 
with ten fresh eggs, in a clump of spear-rush twenty yards 
from the edge of a lake, and saw several other eggs taken by 
the ^^ egg-eaters.^' 
Marmaronetta angustirostris. 
I was lucky to hit upon a good season for Marbled Teal, 
for they are often absent from Spain for several years in 
succession, while at other times they appear in numbers. We 
found them very common, both on the marisma and on the 
river. They are confiding, and it is easy to obtain specimens, 
as they often allow a boat to approach within gun-shot, and 
even if they rise wildly they fly straight back. Their flight 
is swift, and they can turn with rapidity. A nest was found 
on May 14th in a clump of rushes close to a laguna, with 
eleven fresh eggs and a little down ; another some distance 
from the water and close to the side of a fence-post, on 
May 18th, contained the large number of fifteen eggs. It was 
a slight hollow in high grass, lined with down and feathers. 
QUERQUEDULA CRECCA. 
On May 23rd 1 flushed a small Duck from a dry spot on 
Lucio Keal, which I thought was a Teal ; there was no nest^ 
but a slight hollow had been scratched out under a thistle. 
