Absenteeism,12Accentor, alpine,222,316Africa,29,40,41,67,91,111,112,381,383;bird natives of,272Africa, British East,272,295African bush-cuckoo,400n.1Agriculture, Moorish,9-10;Spanish,11Alagon River, 232 andn.1,233,295Albufera Lake,321-4,410Alfonso XII.,37,190,292Alfonso XIII.,19,26,31,37,72,131,140,190,206,292,336Algamita, Sierra of,176Algeciras,295Alimañas,28,42,337-46Almanzór, Plaza de,140,213,216,217,286Almonte, village of,82et seq.Almoraima,363Alpuxarras, the,142,302,305Alquerías(Las Hurdes),235,236,241America, flamingoes in,273Anatidae,40;distribution of, in S. Spain,136Andalucia,2,4,10,351,393,401,402,403;bandits in,175et seq.;big game of,54et seq.;birds of,40et seq.,222,393-5,403Ant-lion (Myrmeleon),36Arabs.SeeMoorsArahal, Niño de, bandit,176et seq.Armajo(samphire),89-90,91,106,114Asturias, the,294et seq.;chamois in,283-93Avila,213,219Avocet,268,385Badger,337,344,345Bandits,174et seq.Barbary stag,43,44Barbel,298-9,393Basques, the,5Bear,289,298;brown,4,29,294Bear-hunting,296-7Bee-eater,41,209,211,226,393Bernicle goose,191,407Bewick’s swan,375Bharal,26Bidassoa River,2Big game in Spain,6,28-9,54et seq.,148n.1,303Bird-life on the marisma,40-42,91et seq.,114et seq.,138n.1,265-71,376,381-91,408,409Bird-migration,29,40,41-2,91-2,99andn.1,103-4,111,376-80,389-90,401-3Blackbird,223Black-chat,222,230,319,353n.1,367Blackstart,313,318,352,362,367Boar, wild,29,42,47,68-9,70et seq.,147,161,171,191,229,238,289,353,365-6,396Boar-hunting,70et seq.Boga,299Bombita I., matador,199Bombita II. (Ricardo Torres),199,205Bonaparte, Joseph,196-7Bonelli’s eagle,28,289,355,362,366,394-5Bonelli’s Warbler,232,318,393Bonito,300Brambling,62Breeding-places of flamingoes,265-71Bull, the Spanish fighting, breeding and training of,200-204;breeds of,88,204,208Bull-fight, the Spanish,8,15,192-9Bull-fighters, famous,195-9Bull-frog,392Bustard,212,226,227,232;great,4,11,24,29,119,209,242-64;lesser (Otis tetrax),29,262-4,328,392Bustard-shooting,244et seq.Butterflies,62,313Lycaena telicanus,62Megaera,62Thaïs polyxena,62,394Vanessa polychloros,394Buzzard,228,342,397Cabrestos,371-3,379Caceres, province,228n.1Caciquismo,175,180-81,240Cactus(prickly-pear),9Caldereria,324-7Camels, wild, on the marisma,36,40,275-82Cantabria,4,28,29,298;mountains of,286Cape de Verde Islands,266,271n.1Capercaillie,4,29,294,298Cares River,284,296Castile,5,29Catalonia, 5 andn.1Cavestany, Sr. D. A., Spanish poet laureate,164Central Asia, wild camels in,276Cervantes,183Cetti’s warbler,61,393Chaffinch,164,319Chameleon,394Chamois,4,29;in the Asturias,283-93,294;preservation of,142Chamois-shooting,286et seq.Chapman, Mr. F.,273Chapman, Mr. J. Crawhall,280Charles V., Emperor,194Chough,222,309,319,353,355,358,366,367Ciguela River,185Cinco Lagunas, Las,141,215Cirl-bunting,319,348Cistus (Helianthemum),37,50,62Climate of Spain, effects of,2-4Coot,186,188,207,326,384,387,388,399;crested,399Cormorant,186Corros,376-80Cortez,231Corvidae,401Corvus cornix,401n.1Costillares, bull-fighter,196Coto Doñana,30et seq.,58,59,74,78,89,122,332,343,402,404;fauna of,38et seq.Crag-martin,319,366,367,368Crake,39Crane,40,392Crossbill,351;migrations of,401-3Cuckoo,313,393;great spotted,41,400-401Curlew,403;slender-billed,392,403-4;stone-,227,232,343Cushat,396Daimiel, lagoons of,185-91,324,409,410;town of,191Dampier,266,271n.1Dartford Warbler,61,223, 353n.1Date-palm,4Deer,94,148,161,171,333,343;fallow,28, 148 andn.1, 228 andn.1;red,42et seq.,147,155-6, 158 andn.1,228,238,;tables,170-3;roe-,165,229,298,353,363Deer-shooting (“driving”),44,156et seq.Deer-stalking,44et seq.,60Despeñaperros,149Deva River,284,296Dipper,211,319Diving ducks,101,112,138n.1,324Don Quixote, country of,183,228Dormice,396Dove,209,226,393,396;turtle,212,331“Driving” (see also Monteria),44,47et seq.,59et seq.,115,116-22,248-55,286et seq.,338-40,360-62Duck,40,41,95,96,99,102,186-90,322,324et seq.,375n.1,383,388,403;habits of,106,110-11,187;ferruginous,101,186,190,409;marbled,101,112,135,383,389,409;tufted,101,138n.1,186,410;white-faced,384,386-7,410Duck-hawk,102,186Duck-shooting,108,187-90Dunlin,63n.1Dwarf-juniper,315Eagle,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-,397-8Eagle-owl,343,368,370,395Egret,186,382,385,392Espinosa, Pedro,37Estepa,175n.1.Estremadura,80,225-33;climate of,230;fauna of,29,43,226,228Falcon,334;peregrine,135,317,398Fantail warbler,61Ferdinand VII.,195,197Firecrest,352Flamingo, 25 andn.1,40,94-5,100-101,134,186,191,327,382,383;breeding-places of,265-74;Phoenicopterus minor,272n.1;Phoenicopterus ruber,273“Flighting,”122-4,136Fly-catcher,41;pied,232,319;spotted,232Foumart,341Fowling, Spanish modes of,371-5,379Fox,46,60,129,226,277,317,333,334,337et seq.Francolin,321Frascuelo, bull-fighter,197-8Fuen-Caliente,142,149-50,171Gadwall,101,111,384,409Gaëtanes,2Galicia,4Game preservation in Spain,335-6Garganey,112,190,384,409Gecko, lobe-footed,394Genet,171,334,337,395Gibraltar,355Godoy,196Godwit,42,63n.1,134,392,403,;bartailed,389;black-tailed,390Goose, bean,407;bernicle,191,407;black (Ganzos negros),186;greylag,31,32-3,92,95,102,114et seq.,120,125,127,191,373,375n.1,407-8;pink-footed,407Goths, the,229,231Granada,10,301Granadilla, 232 andn.1,233Grasshopper (Cigarras panzonas),259Grebe,186,190;eared,387Grédos, Circo de, chief features of,141,213-15Greenshank,390Griffon.See underVultureGuadalete, battle of,7,229Guadalquivir River,30,35,299,374,391,