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WILD SPAIN. 



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

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



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

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

 Thrush on April 3rd. 



March 30th (1883); — Woodchats : and first Cuckoo heard 

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



March 31st (1872). — Swarms of Bee-eaters, Eared and 

 Busset Wheatears, and two or three Boilers. 



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

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

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



April 3rd. — Nightingales in garden. They do not sing 

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



April 6th. — Montagu's Harrier arrived (the last Hen- 

 Harrier shot on 10th). Demoiselle Crane shot. 



April 8th. — Turtle-Doves in small flights, and many Bee- 

 eaters and Boilers 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. 



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

 week or ten days. Great Sedge Warbler, Orphcean and 

 Garden Warblers, Whitethroat, Ortolan, and Golden 

 Orioles — the latter seen first to-day. 



April 23rd. — Pah- Hobbies observed — pinoles. 



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. 



April 28th. — Night-Herons observed — marisma Gallega. 



April 29th. — Bufous Warblers (Mdon galactodes) 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 

 pinales 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. 



