Appendix 407

INDEX 413

List of Plates

H.M. KING ALFONSO XIII. SPEARING A BOAR Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

TYPICAL LANDSCAPE IN COTO DOÑANA 30

EGRET HERONRY AT SANTOLALLA, COTO DOÑANA 32

RED DEER IN DOÑANA. From a Drawing by Joseph Crawhall 36

THREE VIEWS IN COTO DOÑANA: (1) SAHARAN SAND-DUNES; (2) TRANSPORT; (3) A CORRAL, OR PINEWOOD ENCLOSED BY SAND 40

RED DEER. From Drawings by Joseph Crawhall 46

INSPIRING MOMENTS 51

GUNNING-PUNT IN THE MARISMA 90

WILD-GOOSE SHOOTING ON THE SAND-HILLS 90

VASQUEZ APPROACHING WILDFOWL WITH CABRESTO-PONY 90

STANCHEON-GUN IN THE MARISMA--DAWN 106

WILD-GEESE IN THE MARISMA 122

SPANISH IBEX IN SIERRA DE GRÉDOS 140

HEADS OF SPANISH IBEX 152

RED-DEER HEADS, SIERRA MORÉNA 156

WOLF SHOT IN SIERRA MORÉNA, MARCH 1909 158

HUNTSMAN WITH CARACOLA, SIERRA MORÉNA 158

PACK OF PODENCOS, SIERRA MORÉNA 158

WILD-BOAR, WEIGHING 200 LBS. 162

THE RECORD HEAD (RED DEER), SIERRA MORÉNA 162

RED DEER. From Drawings by Joseph Crawhall 166

RED DEER. From Drawings by Joseph Crawhall 170

WILD-BOAR. From Drawings by Joseph Crawhall 170

RED-DEER HEADS, SIERRA MORÉNA 172

BULL-FIGHTING. From a Drawing by Joseph Crawhall 194

BULL-FIGHTING. From a Drawing by Joseph Crawhall 198

AFTER THE STROKE. From a Drawing by Joseph Crawhall 202

SCENES IN SIERRA DE GRÉDOS 212

"AT THE APEX OF ALL THE SPAINS" 216

TWO SPANISH IBEX SHOT IN SIERRA DE GRÉDOS, JULY 1910 220

GREAT BUSTARD 250

SLENDER-BILLED CURLEW 250

GREAT BUSTARD "SHOWING OFF" 260

FLAMINGOES ON THEIR NESTS 272

WILD CAMELS 276

CAPTURING A WILD CAMEL IN THE MARISMA 280

THE HOME OF THE CHAMOIS 286

PEAKS OF SIERRA NEVÁDA 306

NEST OF GRIFFON 306

ROYAL SHOOTING AT THE PARDO, NEAR MADRID 334

Illustrations in the Text

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Lammergeyer (Gypaëtus barbatus) 3

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius pomeranus) 7

Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) 9

Wooden Plough-share 12

Cetti's Warbler (Sylvia cettii) 14

Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) 16

Fantail Warbler (Cisticola cursitans) 17

Rock-Thrush (Petrocincla saxatilis) 18

A Village Posada 20

Serin (Serinus hortulanus) 23

Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila bonellii) 26

Black Vulture (Vultur monachus) 27

White-Faced Duck (Erismatura leucocephala) 28

Spanish Imperial Eagle 31

Spanish Lynx 33

Greenshank (Totanus canescens) 34

Sketch-Map of Delta of Guadalquivir 35

Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) 38

"Silent Songsters" 39

Blackstart (Ruticilla titys) 39

Great Spotted Cuckoo (Oxylophus glandarius) 41

"Globe-Spanners" 42

"Confidence" 43

Abnormal Cast Antler 44

Egret 45

"Suspicion" 49

Altabaca (Scrofularia) 51

Tomillo de Arena 51

"What's This?" 52

Antlers 56

Stag "taking the Wind" 57

Sylvia melanocephala 60

Reed-Climbers 61

Great Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis) 62

Spanish Green Woodpecker (Gecinus sharpei) 63

Tarantula 64

Stag--as he fell 67

Hoopoes at Jerez, March 19, 1910 69

"Room for Two" 71

Wild-Boar--at bay 73

Wild-Boar--"Bolted past" 79

Wild-Boar 81

Praying Mantis 87

Avocet 88

Samphire 90

Greylag Geese 92

White-Eyed Pochard (Fuligula nyroca) 94

"Flamingoes over" 95

Pochard (Fuligula ferina) 96

Flight of Flamingoes 97

Wild-Geese alighting 98

Wildfowl in the Marisma 101

Flamingoes 102

Stilt 105

Godwits 113

Root of Spear-Grass 115

System of driving Wild-Geese 117

Shelters for driving Wild-Geese 118

Godwits 124

Wild-Geese alighting on Sand-Hills 129

Wild-Geese 133

Godwits 134

Sketch-Map of the Nucléo Central of Grédos 141

Grey Shrike 162

Azure-Winged Magpie 163

Sardinian Warbler 164

Griffon Vulture 166

Pair of Antlers 167

Stag--"picking his way up a Rock-Staircase" 168

"The Hart bounced, full-broadside, over the Pass" 169

Pernales 175

Sparrow-Owls (Athene noctua) and Moths 182

Hoopoes 183

Woodchat Shrike and its "Shambles" 184

Desert-loving Wheatears 185

Red-crested Pochard (Fuligula rufila) 186

Red-crested Pochards 190

"Minor Game" 210

Southern Grey Shrike 212

Griffon Vulture and Nest 215

"The Way of an Eagle in the Air" (Lammergeyer) 218

Black Vulture (Vultur monachus) 222

Roller (Coracias garrula) 226

Trujillo 227

"Scavengers" 228

Wolf-proof Dog-Collar 231

Woodlark 232

Sketch-Map of Las Hurdes 234

White Wagtail 238

Wolf-proof Sheepfold 239

The Great Bustard 243

Well on Andalucian Plain 244

Calandra Lark 246

Spanish Thistle and Stonechat 248

Bustards--"Swerve aside" 252

Bustards passing full broadside 254

Imperial Eagle--"Hurtling through Space" 258

Draw-Well with Cross-Bar 259

"Hechando la Rueda" 260

Tail-Feathers of Great Bustard 261

Little Bustard 263

Stilts in the Marisma 265

Flamingoes 266

Stilts disturbed at Nesting-Place 268

Flamingoes and their Nests 269

Flight of Flamingoes 270-1

Head of Flamingo 273

Little Gull and Tern 274

Flamingoes 277

"The Camels a-coming" 281

Chamois 283

A Chamois Drive--Picos de Europa 288

Hoopoe 293

Lammergeyer (Gypaëtus barbatus) 303

"Unemployed": Bee-eaters on a Wet Morning 311

Woodlark (Alauda arborea) 313

Lammergeyer 314

Soaring Vulture 315

Golden Eagle Hunting 317

Rock-Thrush 318

Spanish Sparrow 320

Imperial Eagle Passing Overhead 342

Pinsápo Pine (Abies pinsapo) 347

Rock-Bunting (Emberiza cia) 348

Pinsápo Pines 350

Crossbill 351

Lammergeyer Overhead 353

Golden Eagle Hunting 354

Vultures 356

Lammergeyer entering Eyrie 358

Lammergeyer 361

Griffon Vultures 368

Reed-Bunting 378

Grey Plover 381

Head of Crested Coot 384

Avocets Feeding 385

White-Faced Duck (Erismatura leucocephala) 387

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) 389

Grey Plovers 390

Orphean Warbler 391

Savi's Warbler (Sylvia savii) 393

Unknown Insect 394

Bonelli's Eagles 395

Great Spotted Cuckoo (Oxylophus glandarius) 400

Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) 402