6y6 MISS M. L. BUXTON ON A TRIP TO SPAIN. 
sitting on the edge of the railway cutting, quite undisturbed 
by our train. We also saw Black-eared and Black Wheaters 
and at Ronda, White-bellied Swifts which seemed more 
numerous than the common ones. 
Finally we reached Algeciras again on Monday 28th, only 
to find that our ship was late and would not be in till Thursday. 
The time, however, was not wasted. One day we spent going 
all over the Rock from the top of which is a most wonderful 
view — and the Rock itself is covered with all kinds of flowers, 
and a good many birds. We sat and watched one pair of 
Orphean Warblers for some time, but were unable to find 
their nest. Everywhere we saw Blue Rock Thrushes and 
numbers of Lesser Kestrels. At last our ship came in, and 
with many regrets we left one of the most delightful places in 
Europe. 
The sea this time was like a pond all the way, but we 
had to spend two dreadful days in the Channel, mostly 
anchored off Beachy Head in a dense fog, always an 
unpleasant experience. However even now we weren’t to 
be entirely deserted. At about 9 o’clock on the morning of 
May 4th, numbers of Warblers suddenly appeared out of the fog, 
Chiff Chaffs, Willow Wrens and White Throats lighted all 
over the decks, and on our heads and shoulders, they looked 
too, miserably wet and cold. They left us after about an hour, 
and then a lot of Yellow Wagtails appeared in very fine 
plumage, and they with a large number of Pipits and Larks, 
a pair of Pied Wagtails and a few Whinchats stayed the rest 
of the day. A splendid old Ringed Plover also sat the whole 
day in the same place, every now and then taking a little run 
and bobbing his head up and down as though he thought he 
had come to an odd place this time. A Turtle Dove and later 
a Kestrel flew once or twice round the ship, but did not 
settle, and Swallows and Martins were flying round us all the 
time. The Yellow Wagtails were the most delightful, running 
about all over our deck, under our chairs and between our 
feet — even eating the bread with which the passengers 
plentifully bestrewed the decks. The remarks of these 
passengers were worth hearing. One said he knew a great 
