5314 Birds. 



The Lordly Peregrine ( Falco peregrinus) and the Marsh Harrier 

 (F. riifus) are both very common. When out snipe-shooting I have 

 always seen numbers of the latter hawking, beating their ground most 

 systematically along the banks of the Guadalquiver : they are par- 

 ticularly numerous. 



Others of the falcon tribe, according to Don Antonio Machado, in 

 his ' Catalogo de las Aves Observadas in Algunas Provincias de Anda- 

 lncia,' are commonly met with ; among them the hobby, sparrow-hawk, 

 goshawk, buzzard, roughlegged buzzard, &c. 



Of Owls I only met with three varieties, though the above authority 

 gives many others ; among them the noble eagle owl (Strix bubo J I 

 myself obtained, the little owl (S. passerinaj, S. Scops and Teng- 

 malm's owl (S. Tengmalmi) : the two first of these were common. 

 M. Fevier, a French naturalist and a very good ornithologist, living at 

 Tangier, in Africa, where I spent a few profitable hours, informed me 

 that Strix passerina 3 S. Scops, and S. Tengmalmi were all common in 

 Northern Africa : he had a large and valuable collection of skins, ad- 

 mirably prepared, with which he supplies many museums in Paris and 

 other parts of France. 



Raven ( Corvus cor ax J. This ill-omened bird breeds on the rock 

 of Gibraltar: every morning, from the beginning of February to the 

 middle of March, I used to see a pair flying over mv house, uttering 

 their croaking note. 



The Jay ( Garrulus glandarius). Occurs plentifully in the cork 

 wood, where I have often seen and heard them, when out with the 

 hounds. The woods and wilds of Andalusia echo to the sound of 

 horn and hound, a pack being kept by the garrison of Gibraltar, which 

 noble sport, two days in the week, formed our chief amusement, and 

 many a good gallop you get with the Calpe hounds, — bringing back 

 to memory many a gallant run over a far different country, — the fair 

 plains of England. The Spaniards gaze on us with no small astonish- 

 ment, as they behold us galloping most impossible-looking mountain- 

 sides, and firmly believe all Englishmen more or less mad. 



The Blue Magpie (Pica cyanea) and Common Magpie (P. cau- 

 data) also occur in this province, though I have never met with the 

 former. 



The beautiful Roller (Coracias garrula) I once saw, though un- 

 fortunately 1 had no gun with me to make a specimen of him. I was 

 intently fishing with the water-net for Philhydrida, and, on looking up, 

 saw what at first appeared a patch of blue in a bush, but I was 

 quickly undeceived by the beautiful bird leaving me to pursue my 



