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breast as well as back. The cere and legs of a pale lemon- 

 yellow.) 



We were somewhat late for the Common Kite by the time we 

 reached the pine forests (April 26th), but saw many of the birds, 

 and found one nest containing an egg and two young. (By the 

 bye, I have only once found less than three as the clutch of the 

 Kite, and more often than not have found three eggs in nests of 

 the Black Kite, though towards the middle of May, if they have 

 been robbed a good deal in the district, many nests will have but 

 two. An undoubted nest of the Black Kite contained three eggs, 

 and a very choice assortment of rags. In ' Wild Spain,' Chap- 

 man gives two eggs as the usual number, and says the Black 

 Kite uses no rags.) The Black Kites had suffered a good deal 

 from the charcoal-burners, who eat both Kite's and Eagle's eggs. 

 (A boy told me he had eaten a clutch of " Polluela " eggs, either 

 Little, Spotted, or Baillon's Crake, for they have but one word 

 for the three.) Many Peregrines, probably on migration, were 

 flying over these forests, and apparently sitting in empty nests. 

 From one such in a large pine-tree, on a second visit a week or 

 ten days afterwards, we took four Baven's eggs. Kestrels, too, 

 were frequently seen, but only one clutch of eggs was found. 

 Two pairs of Marsh-Harriers were nesting in a small patch of 

 reeds, the only remnant of what should have been an immense 

 marsh. 



Great numbers of Bed Deer were to be seen round the 

 Marisma district, and on the dried mud were seen on several 

 occasions two of the famous wild Camels. 



Below I give lists of species seen in 1897 and 1905, with 

 dates for some of the migratory birds, and eggs. 



Species seen in 1897. 



Blackbird Greenfinch 



Great Reed- Warbler Serin 



Blue Tit Goldfinch 



Golden Oriole Sparrow, ? sp. 



Grey Shrike (»ieridionalis) Chaffinch 



"Woodchat Reed-Bunting ; eggs 



Swallow Starling (unicolor) ; eggs 



Martin Magpie ; eggs 



Sand-Martin Jackdaw ; eggs, May 7 



