From Spain (as elsewhere stated) you must travel to China and Japan ere you see another azure-winged magpie. JAYS (_Garrulus glandarius_) in Spain confine themselves to mountain-forests, eschewing the lowland woods which in other lands form their home. Index Absenteeism, 12 Accentor, alpine, 222, 316 Africa, 29, 40, 41, 67, 91, 111, 112, 381, 383; bird natives of, 272 Africa, British East, 272, 295 African bush-cuckoo, 400 _n._ 1 Agriculture, Moorish, 9-10; Spanish, 11 Alagon River, 232 and _n._ 1, 233, 295 Albufera Lake, 321-4, 410 Alfonso XII., 37, 190, 292 Alfonso XIII., 19, 26, 31, 37, 72, 131, 140, 190, 206, 292, 336 Algamita, Sierra of, 176 Algeciras, 295 _Alimañas_, 28, 42, 337-46 Almanzór, Plaza de, 140, 213, 216, 217, 286 Almonte, village of, 82 _et seq._ Almoraima, 363 Alpuxarras, the, 142, 302, 305 _Alquerías_ (Las Hurdes), 235, 236, 241 America, flamingoes in, 273 _Anatidae_, 40; distribution of, in S. Spain, 136 Andalucia, 2, 4, 10, 351, 393, 401, 402, 403; bandits in, 175 _et seq._; big game of, 54 _et seq._; birds of, 40 _et seq._, 222, 393-5, 403 Ant-lion (_Myrmeleon_), 36 Arabs. _See_ Moors Arahal, Niño de, bandit, 176 _et seq._ _Armajo_ (samphire), 89-90, 91, 106, 114 Asturias, the, 294 _et seq._; chamois in, 283-93 Avila, 213, 219 Avocet, 268, 385 Badger, 337, 344, 345 Bandits, 174 _et seq._ Barbary stag, 43, 44 Barbel, 298-9, 393 Basques, the, 5 Bear, 289, 298; brown, 4, 29, 294 Bear-hunting, 296-7 Bee-eater, 41, 209, 211, 226, 393 Bernicle goose, 191, 407 Bewick's swan, 375 Bharal, 26 Bidassoa River, 2 Big game in Spain, 6, 28-9, 54 _et seq._, 148 _n._ 1, 303 Bird-life on the marisma, 40-42, 91 _et seq._, 114 _et seq._, 138 _n._ 1, 265-71, 376, 381-91, 408, 409 Bird-migration, 29, 40, 41-2, 91-2, 99 and _n._ 1, 103-4, 111, 376-80, 389-90, 401-3 Blackbird, 223 Black-chat, 222, 230, 319, 353 _n._ 1, 367 Blackstart, 313, 318, 352, 362, 367 Boar, wild, 29, 42, 47, 68-9, 70 _et seq._, 147, 161, 171, 191, 229, 238, 289, 353, 365-6, 396 Boar-hunting, 70 _et seq._ _Boga_, 299 Bombita I., matador, 199 Bombita II. (Ricardo Torres), 199, 205 Bonaparte, Joseph, 196-7 Bonelli's eagle, 28, 289, 355, 362, 366, 394-5 Bonelli's Warbler, 232, 318, 393 Bonito, 300 Brambling, 62 Breeding-places of flamingoes, 265-71 Bull, the Spanish fighting, breeding and training of, 200-204; breeds of, 88, 204, 208 Bull-fight, the Spanish, 8, 15, 192-9 Bull-fighters, famous, 195-9 Bull-frog, 392 Bustard, 212, 226, 227, 232; great, 4, 11, 24, 29, 119, 209, 242-64; lesser (_Otis tetrax_), 29, 262-4, 328, 392 Bustard-shooting, 244 _et seq_. Butterflies, 62, 313 _Lycaena telicanus_, 62 _Megaera_, 62 _Thaïs polyxena_, 62, 394 _Vanessa polychloros_, 394 Buzzard, 228, 342, 397 _Cabrestos_, 371-3, 379 Caceres, province, 228 _n._ 1 _Caciquismo_, 175, 180-81, 240 _Cactus_ (prickly-pear), 9 Caldereria, 324-7