Flamingoes and their Nests 269 Flight of Flamingoes 270-1 Head of Flamingo 273 Little Gull and Tern 274 Flamingoes 277 "The Camels a-coming" 281 Chamois 283 A Chamois Drive--Picos de Europa 288 Hoopoe 293 Lammergeyer (_Gypaëtus barbatus_) 303 "Unemployed": Bee-eaters on a Wet Morning 311 Woodlark (_Alauda arborea_) 313 Lammergeyer 314 Soaring Vulture 315 Golden Eagle Hunting 317 Rock-Thrush 318 Spanish Sparrow 320 Imperial Eagle Passing Overhead 342 Pinsápo Pine (_Abies pinsapo_) 347 Rock-Bunting (_Emberiza cia_) 348 Pinsápo Pines 350 Crossbill 351 Lammergeyer Overhead 353 Golden Eagle Hunting 354 Vultures 356 Lammergeyer entering Eyrie 358 Lammergeyer 361 Griffon Vultures 368 Reed-Bunting 378 Grey Plover 381 Head of Crested Coot 384 Avocets Feeding 385 White-Faced Duck (_Erismatura leucocephala_) 387 Purple Heron (_Ardea purpurea_) 389 Grey Plovers 390 Orphean Warbler 391 Savi's Warbler (_Sylvia savii_) 393 Unknown Insect 394 Bonelli's Eagles 395 Great Spotted Cuckoo (_Oxylophus glandarius_) 400 Crossbills (_Loxia curvirostra_) 402 CHAPTER I UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY