THE BJETICAN WILDERNESS APRIL. 



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frustrated by sunstroke ; on another our Spanish crew 

 "struck" through stress of weather, leaving us at a 

 lonely spot some thirty miles beyond Bonanza with no 

 alternative but to submit, or go on alone. We had, how- 

 ever, some reward for this enforced tramp in discovering 

 the Dunlin (Tringa alpina) nesting at a point over a thou- 

 sand miles south of any previous record of its breeding- 

 range. Finally, we chartered at San Lucar a large 

 fishing-yawl, bound up-river, and after a long day in that 



FISHING BOAT ON THE GUADALQUIVIR. 



malodorous craft, beating up against wind and stream, and 

 with our three punts in tow, we at length succeeded in 

 launching them on the waters of the middle marismas. 



The geese and wigeon had entirely disappeared — 

 this was early in April — but passage-ducks still skimmed 

 in large flights over the open waters. These were chiefly 

 Mallards, with Pintails and Pochards (both species), a 

 few Teal, Garganey, and probably other species. We also 

 shot Shovellers out of small " bunches," and among the 

 deep sluices of some abandoned salt-pans (scdiws), where 



