Index

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y, Z

Absenteeism, 12 Accentor, alpine, 222, 316 Africa, 29, 40, 41, 67, 91, 111, 112, 381, 383; bird natives of, 272 Africa, British East, 272, 295 African bush-cuckoo, 400 n. 1 Agriculture, Moorish, 9-10; Spanish, 11 Alagon River, 232 and n. 1, 233, 295 Albufera Lake, 321-4, 410 Alfonso XII., 37, 190, 292 Alfonso XIII., 19, 26, 31, 37, 72, 131, 140, 190, 206, 292, 336 Algamita, Sierra of, 176 Algeciras, 295 Alimañas, 28, 42, 337-46 Almanzór, Plaza de, 140, 213, 216, 217, 286 Almonte, village of, 82 et seq. Almoraima, 363 Alpuxarras, the, 142, 302, 305 Alquerías (Las Hurdes), 235, 236, 241 America, flamingoes in, 273 Anatidae, 40; distribution of, in S. Spain, 136 Andalucia, 2, 4, 10, 351, 393, 401, 402, 403; bandits in, 175 et seq.; big game of, 54 et seq.; birds of, 40 et seq., 222, 393-5, 403 Ant-lion (Myrmeleon), 36 Arabs. See Moors Arahal, Niño de, bandit, 176 et seq. Armajo (samphire), 89-90, 91, 106, 114 Asturias, the, 294 et seq.; chamois in, 283-93 Avila, 213, 219 Avocet, 268, 385 Badger, 337, 344, 345 Bandits, 174 et seq. Barbary stag, 43, 44 Barbel, 298-9, 393 Basques, the, 5 Bear, 289, 298; brown, 4, 29, 294 Bear-hunting, 296-7 Bee-eater, 41, 209, 211, 226, 393 Bernicle goose, 191, 407 Bewick’s swan, 375 Bharal, 26 Bidassoa River, 2 Big game in Spain, 6, 28-9, 54 et seq., 148 n. 1, 303 Bird-life on the marisma, 40-42, 91 et seq., 114 et seq., 138 n. 1, 265-71, 376, 381-91, 408, 409 Bird-migration, 29, 40, 41-2, 91-2, 99 and n. 1, 103-4, 111, 376-80, 389-90, 401-3 Blackbird, 223 Black-chat, 222, 230, 319, 353 n. 1, 367 Blackstart, 313, 318, 352, 362, 367 Boar, wild, 29, 42, 47, 68-9, 70 et seq., 147, 161, 171, 191, 229, 238, 289, 353, 365-6, 396 Boar-hunting, 70 et seq. Boga, 299 Bombita I., matador, 199 Bombita II. (Ricardo Torres), 199, 205 Bonaparte, Joseph, 196-7 Bonelli’s eagle, 28, 289, 355, 362, 366, 394-5 Bonelli’s Warbler, 232, 318, 393 Bonito, 300 Brambling, 62 Breeding-places of flamingoes, 265-71 Bull, the Spanish fighting, breeding and training of, 200-204; breeds of, 88, 204, 208 Bull-fight, the Spanish, 8, 15, 192-9 Bull-fighters, famous, 195-9 Bull-frog, 392 Bustard, 212, 226, 227, 232; great, 4, 11, 24, 29, 119, 209, 242-64; lesser (Otis tetrax), 29, 262-4, 328, 392 Bustard-shooting, 244 et seq. Butterflies, 62, 313 Lycaena telicanus, 62 Megaera, 62 Thaïs polyxena, 62, 394 Vanessa polychloros, 394 Buzzard, 228, 342, 397 Cabrestos, 371-3, 379 Caceres, province, 228 n. 1 Caciquismo, 175, 180-81, 240 Cactus (prickly-pear), 9 Caldereria, 324-7 Camels, wild, on the marisma, 36, 40, 275-82 Cantabria, 4, 28, 29, 298; mountains of, 286 Cape de Verde Islands, 266, 271 n. 1 Capercaillie, 4, 29, 294, 298 Cares River, 284, 296 Castile, 5, 29 Catalonia, 5 and n. 1 Cavestany, Sr. D. A., Spanish poet laureate, 164 Central Asia, wild camels in, 276 Cervantes, 183 Cetti’s warbler, 61, 393 Chaffinch, 164, 319 Chameleon, 394 Chamois, 4, 29; in the Asturias, 283-93, 294; preservation of, 142 Chamois-shooting, 286 et seq. Chapman, Mr. F., 273 Chapman, Mr. J. Crawhall, 280 Charles V., Emperor, 194 Chough, 222, 309, 319, 353, 355, 358, 366, 367 Ciguela River, 185 Cinco Lagunas, Las, 141, 215 Cirl-bunting, 319, 348 Cistus (Helianthemum), 37, 50, 62 Climate of Spain, effects of, 2-4 Coot, 186, 188, 207, 326, 384, 387, 388, 399; crested, 399 Cormorant, 186 Corros, 376-80 Cortez, 231 Corvidae, 401 Corvus cornix, 401 n. 1 Costillares, bull-fighter, 196 Coto Doñana, 30 et seq., 58, 59, 74, 78, 89, 122, 332, 343, 402, 404; fauna of, 38 et seq. Crag-martin, 319, 366, 367, 368 Crake, 39 Crane, 40, 392 Crossbill, 351; migrations of, 401-3 Cuckoo, 313, 393; great spotted, 41, 400-401 Curlew, 403; slender-billed, 392, 403-4; stone-, 227, 232, 343 Cushat, 396 Daimiel, lagoons of, 185-91, 324, 409, 410; town of, 191 Dampier, 266, 271 n. 1 Dartford Warbler, 61, 223, 353 n. 1 Date-palm, 4 Deer, 94, 148, 161, 171, 333, 343; fallow, 28, 148 and n. 1, 228 and n. 1; red, 42 et seq., 147, 155-6, 158 and n. 1, 228, 238,; tables, 170-3; roe-, 165, 229, 298, 353, 363 Deer-shooting (“driving”), 44, 156 et seq. Deer-stalking, 44 et seq., 60 Despeñaperros, 149 Deva River, 284, 296 Dipper, 211, 319 Diving ducks, 101, 112, 138 n. 1, 324 Don Quixote, country of, 183, 228 Dormice, 396 Dove, 209, 226, 393, 396; turtle, 212, 331 “Driving” (see also Monteria), 44, 47 et seq., 59 et seq., 115, 116-22, 248-55, 286 et seq., 338-40, 360-62 Duck, 40, 41, 95, 96, 99, 102, 186-90, 322, 324 et seq., 375 n. 1, 383, 388, 403; habits of, 106, 110-11, 187; ferruginous, 101, 186, 190, 409; marbled, 101, 112, 135, 383, 389, 409; tufted, 101, 138 n. 1, 186, 410; white-faced, 384, 386-7, 410 Duck-hawk, 102, 186 Duck-shooting, 108, 187-90 Dunlin, 63 n. 1 Dwarf-juniper, 315 Eagle, 38, 222, 228, 333, 334, 342, 363; Bonelli’s, 28, 289, 355, 362, 366, 394-5; booted, 396; golden, 28, 153, 156, 317, 353-5, 362; imperial, 28, 258-9, 396-7; spotted, 398; white-tailed or sea-, 397-8 Eagle-owl, 343, 368, 370, 395 Egret, 186, 382, 385, 392 Espinosa, Pedro, 37 Estepa, 175 n. 1. Estremadura, 80, 225-33; climate of, 230; fauna of, 29, 43, 226, 228 Falcon, 334; peregrine, 135, 317, 398 Fantail warbler, 61 Ferdinand VII., 195, 197 Firecrest, 352 Flamingo, 25 and n. 1, 40, 94-5, 100-101, 134, 186, 191, 327, 382, 383; breeding-places of, 265-74; Phoenicopterus minor, 272 n. 1; Phoenicopterus ruber, 273 “Flighting,” 122-4, 136 Fly-catcher, 41; pied, 232, 319; spotted, 232 Foumart, 341 Fowling, Spanish modes of, 371-5, 379 Fox, 46, 60, 129, 226, 277, 317, 333, 334, 337 et seq. Francolin, 321 Frascuelo, bull-fighter, 197-8 Fuen-Caliente, 142, 149-50, 171 Gadwall, 101, 111, 384, 409 Gaëtanes, 2 Galicia, 4 Game preservation in Spain, 335-6 Garganey, 112, 190, 384, 409 Gecko, lobe-footed, 394 Genet, 171, 334, 337, 395 Gibraltar, 355 Godoy, 196 Godwit, 42, 63 n. 1, 134, 392, 403,; bartailed, 389; black-tailed, 390 Goose, bean, 407; bernicle, 191, 407; black (Ganzos negros), 186; greylag, 31, 32-3, 92, 95, 102, 114 et seq., 120, 125, 127, 191, 373, 375 n. 1, 407-8; pink-footed, 407 Goths, the, 229, 231 Granada, 10, 301 Granadilla, 232 and n. 1, 233 Grasshopper (Cigarras panzonas), 259 Grebe, 186, 190; eared, 387 Grédos, Circo de, chief features of, 141, 213-15 Greenshank, 390 Griffon. See under Vulture Guadalete, battle of, 7, 229 Guadalquivir River, 30, 35, 299, 374, 391, 411; marismas of, 88 et seq., 114, 190, 265, 408, 409 Guadiana River, 185 Guerra, Rafael, bull-fighter, 198 Gull, 41, 186, 384; black-backed, 107; British black-headed (L. ridibundus), 391; Mediterranean black-headed (Larus melanocephalus), 268, 390-91 slender-billed (Larus gelastes), 268 Gum-cistus (see also Cistus), 160, 225, 235 Hare, 226, 238, 328, 330, 331, 334 Hawfinch, 61, 362 Hawk, 333 Hazel-grouse, 4, 29, 298 Heron, 41, 186, 190, 382 buff-backed, 385 purple, 267, 388 squacco, 389 Hobby, 397 Hoopoe, 41, 62, 184, 226, 230, 313, 319, 393 Humming-bird hawk-moth, 62 Hunting dogs, 159, 164, 328, 340 Hurdanos, the, 5, 234 et seq. Ibex, Spanish (Capra hispánica), 15, 26, 29, 43, 139-46, 149, 156, 210, 287, 303 et seq., 317, 321-2, 352, 360 and n. 1, 362; distribution of, 142, 303, 305; habits of, 144-6, 152, 153, 360; heads, Table of, 157; preservation of, 139-42 Ibex-hunting, 216-24, 304 et seq. Ibis, 41, 382 glossy, 403 Inns (posada), 18, 19 et seq. Irrigation, neglect of, 12, 230 Isabel I. (la Católica), 194 Isabella II., 323 James I., 321 Janda, Laguna de, 375 n. 1 Jay, 164, 362, 411 Jerez, 347, 392, 401, 403 Kestrel, 164, 212, 226, 230, 319, 396 lesser, 355, 395 Kite, 211, 333, 334, 342, 396 red, 397 Kitty-wren, 348 Knot, 42, 63 n. 1, 389 Lagartijo, bull-fighter, 197-8 Laguna de Grédos, 219, 220 La Mancha, 183-91, 409, 410 Lammergeyer, 26-7, 149, 217-8, 314-5, 353, 357, 358-9, 360, 362, 367, 368 Land-tortoise, 343 Lanjarón, 306 Lark, 41, 212, 226, 232 Calandra, 209 crested, 209, 319 short-toed, 319 sky-, 312 wood-, 313, 319, 348, 352, 353 n. 1, 367 Las Hurdes, 5, 233 et seq. Las Nuevas, 99 et seq., 280 Lemming, 210 n. 1 León, 5; Cortes de, 6 Lilford, Lord, 265 Linnet, 319 Lizard, 333, 334, 355 Blanus cinereus, 393 Locusts, 226, 227 Lugar Nuevo, 172 Lynx, 33, 46, 60, 68, 76-7, 155, 171, 317, 333, 334, 337 et seq., 398 Madoz, Pascual, on the Hurdanos, 239 and n. 1, 240, 241 Magpie, 226, 232, 333, 401, 411 Spanish azure-winged, 29, 164, 184, 209, 225, 226, 411 Mallard, 186, 188, 190, 326, 327, 384, 389, 392, 409 Manzanilla (camomile), 111 Maria, José, bandit, 174, 181 Marisma, the, 35-6, 88 et seq., 190; bird-life in, 40-42, 91 et seq., 114 et seq., 138 n. 1, 265-71, 376, 381-91, 408, 409; plant-life in, 89-90, 115; wild camels on, 36, 40, 275-82; wildfowl shooting in, 95 et seq., 105-13, 115 et seq., 371-75 Marmot, 210 n. 1 Marsh-harrier, 38, 102, 107, 135, 387, 388, 392, 399 Marsh-tern, 384 Marten, 171, 317, 319 Martin, 355 Mazzantini, Luis, bull-fighter, 198-9 Merida, 229, 230 Mezquitillas, 167, 170, 171 Migration of wildfowl. See Bird-migration Missel-thrush, 212, 318 “Miura question,” 192, 204-7 Mole-cricket, 392 Monachil River, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319 valley, 311 Mongoose, 163, 171, 333, 334, 337, 339, 341, 344, 364 Montería, 157, 158 et seq., 283, 296 Montes, Francisco, bull-fighter, 197 Moorish domination, traces of, 7 et seq., 37, 232-3, 295 origin of bull-fight, 8, 193-4 Moors, the, 149, 229 Mosquito, 62 Mudéla, estate, 335 Mulahacen, 312, 315 Mullet, grey, 299 Naranjo de Bulnes, 291-2 National characteristics, 5, 12 et seq., 19 types, 4-5 Navarre, 6 Neophron, 319, 366, 368, 395 Nightingale, 232, 318, 393 Nightjar, 41, 396 Nucléo central, 140 Nuthatch, 223, 232 Oleander, 160, 166 and n. 1 Orange, cultivation of, 9 Oriole, 393 golden, 41, 232 Orphean warbler, 393, 396 Ortolan, 319 Osprey, 191 Otter, 337 Ovis bidens, 352-3 Owl, 396 little, 319 white, 230 Paris, Comtes de, 278-9 Partridge, 15, 30, 32, 164, 226, 238, 331, 332-3, 335-6, 362, 363, 398 grey, 28, 298 redleg, 15, 29, 184, 319, 328, 329 Peewit, 267 Pelayo, 7 Pelican, Danish, 276 Peñones, the, 314, 315 Pepe-Illo, bull-fighter, 196 Peregrine falcon, 135, 317, 398 Perez, Gregorio, 292, 293 Pernales, bandit, 174 et seq. Petroleum, 347 n. 1 Phillip II., 195 Phillip III., 195, 323 Phillip IV., 37, 195 Phillip V., 195 Pica mauretanica, 401 n. 1 Picos de Europa, 142, 144, 283, 285, 292, 302 Pig, 298, 363 Pilgrimages to Rocio, 82 et seq. “Pincushion” gorse, 314, 352 Pine (Pinus pinaster), 319, 361 Pinsapo pine (Abies pinsapo), 349-52 and notes, 360, 362 Pintail, 94, 97, 101, 110, 111, 186, 188, 326, 408, 409 “Piorno” (Spartius scorpius), 352 Pipit, alpine, 222 tawny, 319, 353 n. 1, 367 Pius V., Pope, 194 Pizarro, 231 Plant-life in the marisma, 89-90, 115 Plover, golden, 63 n. 1, 331 grey, 42, 134, 389 Kentish, 267, 382 Pochard, 101, 138 n. 1, 186, 188, 324, 327, 384, 410 red-crested (Pato colorado), 186, 188, 190, 327, 410 white-eyed, 138 n. 1, 384 Polyglotta warbler, 393 Pratincole, 268, 382 and n. 1 Praying mantis, 394 Préjavalsky, Russian explorer, 276 Ptarmigan, 4, 29, 298 Pterostichus rutilans, 314 Puerta de Palomas, 367-70 Puntales del Peco, 167 Pyrenean musk-rat, 29 Pyrenees, 28, 29, 298, 302; ibex in, 142, 143-4 Quail, 29, 328, 330 Rabbit, 330, 338, 341 Rail, 39 “Rare birds,” 403, 404 Raven, 209, 222, 309, 319, 366, 395 Reclamo (call-bird), 328-9 Redondo, José, bull-fighter, 197 Redshank, 267, 268, 379 Redstart, 223 Redwing, 164, 362 Reed-climbers, 39, 61 Ribbon-grass (canaliza), 115 Rice-grounds, 322, 323, 324-5 Ring-dotterel, 390 lesser, 393 Ring-ouzel, 222, 309, 316, 353 n. 1 Ring-plover, 238 Riscos del Fraile, 141, 211, 214, 221 Robin, 232, 318 Rocio, shrine at, pilgrimages to, 82 et seq. Rock-bunting, 313, 319, 348, 367 Rock-climbing, 144 Rock-sparrow, 319, 355 Rock-thrush, 222, 313, 318, 353 n. 1, 366, 367, 368 blue, 230, 365 Roderick, King of the Goths, 7 Roe-deer, 165, 229, 298, 353, 363 Roller, 226, 393 Romans, the, in Spain, 6, 229, 232 Romero, Francisco, bull-fighter, 195 Romero, Pedro, bull-fighter, 196 Ronda, Caceria á la, 80-1 Rook, 411 Rota, 299 Rudolph, late Crown Prince of Austria, 266 Ruff, 63 n. 1, 134 Rufous warbler, 232, 318, 393 Salmon, 295-6 San Cristobal, 347, 349, 351, 352, 353 Sanderling, 390 Sand-grouse, 4, 29, 186, 209, 227, 382, 401; black-bellied, 232 Sand-hills and wild geese, 125-32 Sand-lizard, 62 and n. 1 Sand-piper, 211, 389 curlew, 42, 389 green, 390, 392 Sardinian warbler, 164, 393 Saunders, Howard, 265, 403 Schastowskij, Mr. P. A., 404 Sedge-warbler, great, 387 Serin, 311, 313, 319, 348, 393 Serpent-eagle, 209, 396 Serranía de Ronda, 2, 267, 347-59, 360 et seq.; flora of, 348 et seq., 360, 361; ibex in, 142 Shad, 299 Shelduck, 101, 112, 191, 327, 410 ruddy, 410 Shoveler, 97, 101, 111, 112, 186, 188, 327, 403, 409 Shrike, great grey (Lanius meridionalis), 62, 63 n. 2, 212, 393 Lanius excubitor, 63 n. 2 Siberia, 404 Sierra Bermeja, 349, 360-63 Sierra de Gata, 227, 235 Sierra de Grédos, 140, 208 et seq., 302; ibex in, 142, 145, 210 et seq., 352 Sierra de Guadalupe, 227 and n. 1 Sierra de Jerez, 363-7 Sierra Moréna, 29, 411; fauna of, 42, 142, 147 et seq.; flora of, 160, 225 Sierra Nevada, 301 et seq., 355; birds of, 311-16. 318-19; ibex in, 142, 148-9, 303, 317 Sierra de las Nieves, 349 Sierra Quintana, 149-53, 171 Silk manufacture, Moorish, 9-10 Small-game shooting, 328-36 Snake, 334 coluber, 393 Snipe, 327, 330, 331, 392 Snow-finch, 316, 318 Soldier-ants, 61 Spear-grass, 90, 92, 95, 115 Spectacled warbler, 232, 396 Sphinx moth (S. convolvuli), 62 Spoonbill, 327, 383 “Still-hunting,” 54 et seq., 60 Stilt, 190, 267, 268, 385, 392, 403 Stint, little, 390 Stonechat, 209, 211, 319 Stone-curlew, 227, 232, 343 Stork, 40, 230, 392 Subalpine warbler, 232, 396 Sugar-cane, 4, 9 Swan, wild, 375; Bewick’s, ib. Swift, alpine, 355 Tagus River, 228 n. 1; valley of, 210 Tarifa, 300 Tarik, Arab chief, 7 Tato, El, bull-fighter, 197 Teal, 91, 97, 101, 111, 126, 134, 188, 327, 373, 399, 403, 409 marbled, 186 Tench, 295 Tern, 41; gull-billed (Sterna anglica), 268; whiskered, 389 Thistle, Spanish, 248, 262 Thrush, 164, 223; blue, 222, 313, 318, 319, 353 n. 1, 362, 367 Tit, blue, 319, 352; cole, 319, 352, 367; great, 319; long-tailed, 232, 348, 367 Toledo, Montes de, 147, 148 and n. 1, 184, 227 n. 1 Tormes River, 221, 223 Tree-creeper, 367 Trout, 15-16, 294-5, 309, 317 Trujillo, 227, 229, 230-31, 295 Tumbler-pigeons, 126 Tunny, 299-300 Valdelagrana, 172 Valencia, 2, 4, 187; ibex in, 142; wildfowl in, 321-7, 410 Veleta, Picacho de la, 312 et seq. Vetas, 88-9, 90, 115, 122 Villarejo, 221 Villaviciosa, Don Pedro Pidal, Marquis de, 292, 296 Vivillo, El, bandit, 175 et seq., 181-2 Vulture, 67, 228, 356 and n. 1, 362, 366, 367-8 black, 221-2 griffon, 163, 222, 315, 319, 359, 364, 367, 369, 370, 397 Waders, 41, 382, 403 Wagtail, grey, 318, 348, 410 pied, 410 white, 232, 237, 410 yellow, 410-11 Warblers. See under names Water-hen, purple (Porphyrio), 388 Water-shrew, 103, 166 Wheatear, 41, 184, 211, 223, 312, 313, 318, 353 n. 1 black-throated, 318 eared, 318 Whimbrel, 390, 392, 403, 404 Whitethroat, 232, 318 Wigeon, 97, 101, 110, 111, 186, 188, 327, 380, 399, 409 Wild-cat, 165, 167, 226, 317, 333, 334, 337 et seq. Wildfowl at Daimiel, 186-91, 409, 410 of marisma, 40-2, 91 et seq., 114 et seq., 381-91, 408, 409 shooting, 95 et seq., 105-13, 115 et seq., 131-2, 254, 323-7, 371-5, 379 in Valencia, 321 et seq. Wild-thyme (Cantuéso), 225 Willow-warbler, 232 Wolf, 147, 154, 156, 164, 171, 229, 238, 289, 306, 317, 319, 334 Woodchat, 41, 318, 393, 396 Woodcock, 331 Wood-pecker, 396 great black, 298 green, 68 and n. 2, 164, 232 spotted, 367 Wood-pigeon, 362, 367 Wren, 282, 318 Wryneck, 311 Yna de la Garganta, 355-7 Zamujar, 172 Zaragoza, Cortes of, 6

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FOOTNOTES:

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

averge depth=> average depth {pg 302}

produces these montrosities=> produces these monstrosities {pg 348}

secured a specimen of two=> secured a specimen or two {pg 360}

are always strictly cleanly=> are always strictly clean {pg 368}

Préjavelsky, Russian explorer, 276=> Préjavalsky, Russian explorer, 276 {index}