Absenteeism, 12 
Accentor, alpine, 222, 316 
Africa, 29, 40, 41, 67, 91, 111, 
112, 381, 383; bird natives 
of, 272 
Africa, British East, 272, 295 
African bush-cuckoo, 400 n. 1 
Agriculture, Moorish, 9-10 
Spanish, 11 
Alagon River, 232 and n. 1, 233, 
295 
Albufera Lake, 321-4, 410 
Alfonso XII., 37, 190, 292 
Alfonso XIII., 19, 26, 31, 37, 72, 
131, 140, 190, 206, 292, 336 
Algamita, Sierra of, 176 
Algeciras, 295 
Alimafias, 28, 42, 337-46 
Almanzér, Plaza de, 140, 213, 
216, 217, 286 
Almonte, village of, 82 ct seq. 
Almoraima, 363 
Alpuxarras, the, 142, 802, 305 
Alquerias (Las Hurdes), 235, 236, 
241 
America, flamingoes in, 273 
Anatidae, 40; distribution of, in 
S. Spain, 136 
Andalucia, 2, 4, 10, 351, 398, 401, 
402, 403; bandits in, 175 
et seq.; big game of, 54 et seq.; 
birds of, 40 ct seg., 222, 393- 
5, 403 
Ant-lion (Myrmeleon), 36 
Arabs. See Moors 
Arahal, Nitto de, 
et seq. 
Armajo (samphire), 89-90, 91, 
106, 114 
Asturias, the, 294 et seq.; chamois 
in, 283-93 
Avila, 213, 219 
Avocet, 268, 385 
bandit, 176 
Badger, 327, 344, 345 
Bandits, 174 et seq. 
Barbary stag, 43, 44 
Barbel, 298-9, 393 
Basques, the, 5 
Bear, 289, 298 
brown, 4, 29, 294 
Bear-lunting, 296-7 
Bee-eater, 41, 209, 211. 226, 393 
Bernicle goose, 191, 407 
Index 
Bewick’s swan, 375 
Bharal, 26 
Bidassoa River, 2 
Big game in Spain, 6, 28-9, 54 e¢ 
seg., 148 n. 1, 308 
Bird-life on the marisma, 40-42, 
91 et seqg., 114 et seq., 188 n. 
1, 265-71, 376, 381-91, 408, 
409 
Bird-migration, 29, 40, 41-2, 91- 
2, 99 and z. 1, 103-4, 111, 
376-80, 389-90, 401-3 
Blackbird, 223 
Black-chat, 222, 230, 319, 353 n. 
1, 367 
Blackstart, 313, 318, 352, 362, 
367 
Boar, wild, 29, 42, 47, 68-9, 70 
et seg., 147, 161, 171, 191, 
229, 238, 289, 353, 365-6, 
396 
Boar-hunting, 70 et seq. 
Boga, 299 
Bombita I., matador, 199 
Bombita II. (Ricardo Torres), 
199, 205 
Bonaparte, Joseph, 196-7 
Bonelli’s eagle, 28, 289, 355, 362, 
366, 394-5 
Bonelli’s Warbler, 232, 318, 
393 
Bonito, 300 
Brambling, 62 
Breeding- places of flamingoes, 
265-71 
Bull, the Spanish fighting, breed- 
ing and training of, 200-204 ; 
breeds of, 88, 204, 208 
Bull-fight, the Spanish, 8, 15, 
192-9 
Bull-fighters, famous, 195-9 
Bull-frog, 392 
Bustard, 212, 226, 227, 232 
great, 4, 11, 24, 29, 119, 209, 
242-64 
lesser (Otis tetrax), 29, 262-4, 
328, 392 
Bustard-shooting, 244 ef seg 
Butterflies, 62, 313 
Lycaenc telicanus, 62 
Megaera, 62 
Thais polyxena, 62, 394 
Vanessa polychloros, 394 
Buzzard, 228, 342, 397 
413 
Cabrestos, 371-8, 379 
Caceres, province, 228 ». 1 
Caciquismo, 175, 180-81, 240 
Cactus (prickly-pear), 9 
Caldereria, 324-7 
Camels, wild, on the marisma, 
36, 40, 275-82 
Cantabria, 4, 28, 29, 298 ; moun- 
tains of, 286 
Cape de Verde Islands, 266, 271 
nm. 1 
Capercaillie, 4, 29, 294, 298 
Cares River, 284, 296 
Castile, 5, 29 
Catalonia, 5 and 2. 1 
Cavestany, Sr. D. A., Spanish 
poet laureate, 164 
Central Asia, wild camels in, 276 
Cervantes, 183 
Cetti’s warbler, 61, 393 
Chaftinch, 164, 319 
Chameleon, 394 
Chamois, 4, 29; in the Asturias, 
283-93, 294 ; preservation of, 
142 
Chamois-shooting, 286 et seq. 
Chapman, Mr. F., 273 
Chapman, Mr. J. Crawhall, 280 
Charles V., Emperor, 194 
Chough, 222, 309, 319, 353, 355, 
358, 366, 367 
Ciguela River, 185 
Cinco Lagunas, Las, 141, 215 
Cirl-bunting, 319, 348 
Cistus (Helianthemum), 37, 50, 
62 
Climate of Spain, effects of, 2-4 
Coot, 186, 188, 267, 326, 384, 387, 
388, 399 
crested, 399 
Cormorant, 186 
Corros, 376-80 
Cortez, 231 
Corvidae, 401 
Corvus cornizx, 401 n. 1 
Costillares, bull-fighter, 196 
Coto Dofana, 30 et seg., 58, 59, 
74, 78, 89, 122, 832, 343, 402, 
404; fauna of, 38 ef seq. 
Crag-martin, 319, 366, 367, 368 
Crake, 39 
Crane, 40, 392 : 
Crossbill, 351; migrations of, 
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