456 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Gibraltar, and Aranei Bay. Probably a few bred on the rock at 

 Gibraltar. 



Fulica atra. — A large number of Coots live on the same piece 

 of water at the North Front of Gibraltar as the Mallards men- 

 tioned above, where they are apparently semi-domesticated. 



Otis tarda, — The Bustard occurs not uncommonly in the 

 south of Spain in the open country. 



Gallinago coelestis. — Snipe are fairly common in the marshes 

 at Arosa Bay in March. 



Totanus hypoleucus. — Two Sandpipers were noted — one at 

 Gibraltar in November, and another near Ronda in April. 



Numenius arquata. — Curlew were plentiful on the shores of 

 Arosa Bay in the autumn, and a few were also seen in the spring. 

 The last noted was on March 18th, and probably they did not 

 breed in the hills in the immediate vicinity. 



Larus ridibundus. — Black-headed Gulls were common at 

 Arosa Bay in the autumn and in the early spring, but all dis- 

 appeared by the month of May. At Gibraltar this species occurs 

 in great numbers in company with the next. 



L. melanocephalus. — The Mediterranean Black-headed Gull 

 was only observed at Gibraltar, and in the autumn of 1898. 



L. cachinnans. — Herring- Gulls occur in very great numbers 

 both at Arosa Bay and at Gibraltar. At Arosa Bay, in May, all 

 the Herring-Gulls had disappeared, but probably they have a 

 suitable breeding-place on the coast not far off, for on the weather 

 becoming stormy great numbers returned to the bay. 



Rissa tridactyla. — The Kittiwake is very common at Gibraltar, 

 particularly in the winter. It is also observed at sea on the 

 coasts of Portugal and Spain in all kinds of weather, in which it 

 differs from the Herring-Gull. In December, 1899, several 

 Kittiwakes followed the ship in heavy weather about a third 

 across the Bay of Biscay, leaving her at Ushant. Off Capes 

 Finisterre and St. Vincent they were also, in strong gales, both 

 plentiful and active. 



Fratercula arctica. — Numbers of Puffins were observed in 

 small flocks in rather rough weather in December, 1899, off 

 Capes St. Vincent and Finisterre, as well as in the stretches in 

 between them. 



Podicipes Jluviatilis. — A pair of Dabchicks were noted on the 



