. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. CHAPTEE XXXI IN THE SIERRA NEVlDA {Continued) ITS BIRD-LIFE IN SPRING-TIME. The long snow-lines of the sierra had vanished behind whirling cloud - masses, black and menacing. The green avenues of the Alhambra seemed gloomier than ever under a heavy downpour, while troops of rain-soaked tourists belied the glories of an. Andalucian springtide. Serins sang in the elms, and wrynecks noisily courted, as we set forth with a donkey- team for the sierra. On former occasions we had ex- plored northwards up the Darro towards Jaen, another year up the Genii,
. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. CHAPTEE XXXI IN THE SIERRA NEVlDA {Continued) ITS BIRD-LIFE IN SPRING-TIME. The long snow-lines of the sierra had vanished behind whirling cloud - masses, black and menacing. The green avenues of the Alhambra seemed gloomier than ever under a heavy downpour, while troops of rain-soaked tourists belied the glories of an. Andalucian springtide. Serins sang in the elms, and wrynecks noisily courted, as we set forth with a donkey- team for the sierra. On former occasions we had ex- plored northwards up the Darro towards Jaen, another year up the Genii, this spring we had selected the valley of the Monachil. Hardly had we entered the mountains than thunder crackled overhead, and then a rain-burst drove us to shelter in a cave. Next day broke ominous enough, but we rode on up the wild gorge of the Monachil, and after seven hours' hill- climbing reached the alpine farm of San Ger6nimo, to the guarda of which we had a recommendation. The house nestles beneath the serrated ridge of the Dorn^jo, 6970 feet. With some dismay we found assembled at this outlandish spot quite a small crowd of men, women, and children who, with dogs, pigs, hens, and an occasional donkey, all appeared to inhabit a single smoke-filled room. We were bidden to take seats amidst this company, and watched the attempt to boil an 311 " UNEMPLOYED" Bee-eaters on a wet Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929; Buck, Walter John. joint author. London, E. Arnold
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