Wild Spain (España agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration

xvi. The Spanish Wild Camels--our first sight of a couple

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in the marisma _To face_ 94

xvii. Wild Camels--seen through the binoculars _To face_ 98

Flamingoes on feed 104

A right-and-left at Flamingoes 106

Spanish Lynx 107

A toilet in the wilderness (Flamingoes) 109

Flamingoes and nests 111

xviii. Flamingoes on their nests _To face_ 112

Civil Guards--a sketch from life 121

Draw-well at the Zumajo, near Jerez 127

Spanish Ibex, Old Ram--Sierra de Gredos 131

---- ---- ---- Sierra Nevada 133, 135, and 170

xix. On the crags of Almanzór (Ibex) _To face_ 137

Old olive-trees near Talavera 139

xx. Ibex-hunting--a sketch in the Sierra de Gredos _To face_ 141

Our first old Ram 145

xxi. Ibex-hunting--the two old Rams at the "Cannon-Rock" _To face_ 148

The peaks of Gredos 149

xxii. Our camp on the Riscos de Valderejo _To face_ 152

Ibex-hunters of Gredos--a sketch by the camp-fire 154

Ibex, female--Riscos de Valderejo 155

---- ---- Bermeja 158

xxiii. Ibex-hunting--a sketch in the Sierra Bermeja _To face_ 161

Forest Ibex, old Ram--Bermeja 164

Trout 175, 182, and 186

Chamois 179 and 442

Spanish Imperial Eagle 190, 198, and 219

---- ---- (Spotted stage) 193

---- ---- The Eagle's swoop 262

Tawny Eagle 195

Black Vulture 201 and 202

At roost--Serpent-Eagles 204

xxiv. A Vulture's banquet _To face_ 206

Griffon Vulture and nest--Puerta de Palomas 208

Strange neighbours (Vultures and Storks) 209

xxv. "Where the carcase is" _To face_ 213

Bonelli's Eagle (adult) 217 and 383

xxvi. Ploughing with oxen _To face_ 221

Wooden ploughshare 224

xxvii. The harvest-field _To face_ 225

xxviii. Threshing corn with mares _To face_ 226

xxix. Winnowing _To face_ 228

"Waiting for death" (old olive-trees) 232

xxx. Kites and Marsh-Harriers _To face_ 242

xxxi. Sand-dunes and _Corrales_ of Doñana _To face_ 245

Hoopoes 248

A serenade (Red-leg Partridge) 251

Azure-winged Magpies 258

Eyed Lizard and Serpent-Eagle 260

Black Stork 265

xxxii. Mallards and Ferruginous Ducks--Alamillo _To face_ 268

xxxiii. White-fronted Ducks--Santolalla _To face_ 270

Buff-backed Heron 83 and 272

Marsh-Harrier--very old male 274

Summer evening--Owls and Moths 276

xxxiv. Dancers at Granada--the _Bolero_ _To face_ 289

Gypsy lad 290

Gypsy dance 292

Lämmergeyer--a first impression 295

Dance and guitar 297

Griffon Vulture (a sketch from life) 303

"Roses in Spain" 306