Full-grown wild-boars at Mezquitillas average about 7 arrobas, or 175 lbs., clean--one specially big boar reached 8 arrobas, or 200 lbs. Wolves, though abundant, are but rarely shot in _monterías_ for the reasons already given. During the period covered by these notes only two were killed in _monterías_--one by Sr. Calvo, Junr., the other by Colonel Barrera. Wild-pigs breed as a rule in March, and to some extent _gregatim_, or in little colonies, which is supposed to be as a protection against the wolves; the lair _(cama)_ being a regular nest made among thick scrub, and roofed over by the foliage. Lynxes, like wolves, are rarely seen. This year, four (a female, with three full-grown cubs) were held-up by the dogs, and all killed in one thicket. Mongoose and genets are numerous on these brush-clad hills, and martens _(Mustela foina)_ breed in the crags. Stags roar from mid-September, chiefly by night. Their summer coat is darker rather than redder than that of winter. Farther east in Moréna, near Fuen-Caliente, already mentioned, very fine heads are also obtained. The same systems prevail, and the following measurements have been given us by the Marquéz del Mérito, taken from two stags shot at Risquillo in his forests of the Sierra Quintána, season 1906-7. +-----+---------+---------+----------+-------------+--------------+ | | Length. | Widest | Circ. at | Circ. above | Brow-Antler. | | | | Inside. | Burr. | Bez. | | +-----+---------+---------+----------+-------------+--------------+ |No. 1| 36-3/4" | 35" | 8-3/4" | 5-1/2" | 12" | |No. 2| 40-1/4" | ... | 8-3/4" | 6" | 12" | +-----+---------+---------+----------+-------------+--------------+ No. 1 carried 7 + 7 = 14 points, and weighed 224 lbs. clean. No. 2 carried 8 + 7 = 15 points, besides several knobs. Both are shown in photos annexed. In the extreme east of the Sierra Moréna another culminating point of excellence appears to be attained--at Valdelagrana and Zamujar in the neighbourhood of Jäen--at least it is from that region that two of the largest examples came that we have yet seen in Spain. Both the magnificent heads below described were carefully measured by ourselves:-- +-----+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------+-----------+ | |Points.|Length.| Widest| Widest |Circ. at|Circ. above|Circ. below| | | | | Tips. | Inside.| Base. | Bez. | Corona. | +-----+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------+-----------+ |No. 1| 16 |40-5/8"|40-1/2"| 31-1/2"| 7-1/2" | 5-5/8" | 7-1/4" | |No. 2| 16 |38-3/4"|33-1/2"| 28-1/2"| ... | 5-3/4" | 7-1/8" | +-----+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+-----------+-----------+ No. 1 was shot at Valdelagrana, Jäen, by Sr. D. Enrique Parladé, has five on each top, all strong points, brow-antler 14-1/4 inches. Both horns precisely equal, 40-5/8 inches.