. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . ather resembling that of black-game than of our grey partridge, and as they wheel backfast and high, and at all angles, they test the best skill ofthe gunner. Besides partridge and rabbits, an odd pair ofmallards will often rise from some rushy hollow, and fromthe drier reeds a quail or two spring with their smartgame-like dash. The small Andalucian bush-quail {Tur-nix sj/Ivatica) is occasionally shot, and crossing the moreopen ground, among short scrub of tamarisk and juniper,a few hares will be adde
. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . ather resembling that of black-game than of our grey partridge, and as they wheel backfast and high, and at all angles, they test the best skill ofthe gunner. Besides partridge and rabbits, an odd pair ofmallards will often rise from some rushy hollow, and fromthe drier reeds a quail or two spring with their smartgame-like dash. The small Andalucian bush-quail {Tur-nix sj/Ivatica) is occasionally shot, and crossing the moreopen ground, among short scrub of tamarisk and juniper,a few hares will be added to the bag. These are of thesmall southern race, mediterrancns, weighing onlyfive or six pounds, more brindled in colour and withwarmer shades on shoulders and flanks than ours. Oneof them being hemmed in, was this afternoon swimming ashallow pool when she attracted the attention of a Southern A A 354 WILD SPAIN. Peregrine falcon {Fahv imnicKs) which was waiting on^thepartridge in front of our Hne. This falcon had alreadymade several fine stoops at the fljang game, all misuccess-. A ROYAL HEAD—DONANA, fully, when the sight of a hare in difficulties brought himoverhead, and, in the act of poising, a double shot laidboth low. A WINTEK CAMPAIGN IN DOXANA. 355 After two or three dajS with the small game, it wasdecided to give the deer a turn. The sun shone brightlyas we rode out to the ground selected for the days sj^ort,and a gentle breeze blew from a favourable direction. Thefirst beat, nevertheless, proved blank—only hinds passingthrough the line, which served to give us, for a moment, aflutter of excitement as they crashed through the under-wood, and dashed away at redoubled speed. On the nextdrive several stags were seen—some broke back, but threeran the gauntlet of our line at different points, offeringgood opportunities to three of our guns, two of which,
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