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Wild Camels in Spain have a chapter to themselves, and 

 although this subject is not new, having been discussed some 

 years ago both in ' The Field,' and incidentally in * The Ibis,' by 

 Mr. Chapman and others, the opportunity is now taken to review 

 the facts, and to give some explanatory touches to former 

 statements. 



Sport and natural history are pleasantly intermingled in the 

 chapters on the Spanish Ibex (pp. 128 — 166), the Great Bustard 

 (pp. 33—57 and 338—342), and the Little Bustard (pp. 343— 

 347); Deer-driving in the pine forests; Deer-stalking on the 

 southern plains ; Wildfowling, and Trout-fishing ; while hardly 

 less attractive are the chapters on bird-life as observed at different 

 seasons, including the authors' experience with the great Lam- 

 mergeier, with Eagles, and with Flamingoes. 



From the point of view of the zoologist, perhaps one of the 

 most useful chapters in the volume is that on the large game and 

 smaller mammals of Spain and Portugal, in which an account is 

 given of the present status and distribution in those two countries 

 of the Ked-deer, the Fallow-deer, Roebuck, Spanish Ibex, 

 Chamois, Bear, Wild-boar, Wolf, Fox, Spanish Lynx, Wild 

 Cat, Genet, Marten, Polecat, Weasel, and Mongoose. Only one 

 kind of Marten, we are told, is found generally throughout Spain, 

 namely, ilf./oma, which is common in Andalusia, Estremadura, 

 and Valencia, as well as in the Asturias and Santander, but the 

 authors state (p. 448) they have reason to believe that the marta 

 of the Pyrenees is the rarer Pine Marten, which, by the way, they 

 name Mustela abietum, though Martes sylvatica, Nilsson, is its 

 more correct designation ; the arboreal species of the Weasel 

 family, genus Martes, being properly separable from the terrestrial 

 group to which the genus Mustela belongs. 



In a book so full of delightful passages, it is extremely 

 difficult to make a selection for quotation, and we shall not 

 attempt it. We prefer rather to recommend the perusal of the 

 entire volume, which is one of the best books on natural history 

 and sport which we have seen for some time. 



