These, being cosmopolitans, remain precisely the same wherever on the earth's surface they happen to be found. It is their sky they change, not their natural disposition or their fixed habits, when wildfowl shift their homes. The difficulty is that not half-a-dozen men in a thousand understand wildfowl or the supreme difficulty which their pursuit entails, whether in Spain, England, or elsewhere. In England, it is true, such results are out of the question, simply because the country is highly drained, cultivated, and populous. Were it desired to recover for England those immigrant hosts--the operation would not be impossible--break down the Bedford Level and flood five counties! Then you might enjoy in the Midlands such scenes as to-day we see in Spain. As a matter of simple fact--and this we state without suspicion of egotism, or careless should such uncharitably be imputed--the results recorded below represent even for Spain something that approaches the human maximum alike in wild-fowling skill, in endurance, and in deadly earnest. That test of individual skill has, it may go without saying, been demonstrated during all these years times without number. There are not, within the authors' knowledge, a score of men who have fairly gathered to their gun in one day 100 ducks in the open marisma. Again, while one such gun, who is thoroughly efficient, will secure his century, others (including excellent game-shots) will fail to bag one-tenth of that number. There can be no question here of "luck" in that long run of years. A feature, more valuable than the figures themselves, is the light they throw upon the varying distribution of the _Anatidae_ (both specifically and seasonably) in the south of Spain. 1897. _November 10._--ONE GUN (W. J. B.) Dawn at El Puntal 6 geese Forenoon at Santolalla 128 ducks Afternoon " " 2 stags 1897. _November 25._--LAS NEUVAS (C. D. W. and B. F. B.) 307 ducks, 53 geese (Geese, all the afternoon, came well in to decoys) 1898. _January_ 29, 30, and 31.--TWO GUNS (W. D. M. and W. J. B.) 437 ducks, 17 geese 1903._January 18._--FLIGHT-SHOOTING WITH 12-BORE AT CAÑO DULCE (ONE GUN) 139 Wigeon 32 Pintail 20 Teal 22 Shovelers 10 Gadwall 1 Mallard 3 Greylag Geese Total, 224 ducks and 3 _geese_. About one-half shot on natural flight before 11 A.M.; the rest later, over "decoys." Nice breeze all day. 1903. _February._--THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS' FLIGHTING (ONE GUN) February 22. February 23. February 24.