PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II. A BOAR-HUNT IN THE SIERRA.
CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BUSTARD.
CHAPTER IV. BIG DAYS WITH BUSTARD. I. Jedilla.
CHAPTER V. TAUROMACHIA, The Fighting Bull of Spain .
CHAPTER VI. THE BAETICAN WILDERNESS. SPRING-NOTES OF BIRD-LIFE,
CHAPTER VII. THE BAETICAN WILDERNESS. SPRING NOTES OF BIRD-LIFE
CHAPTER VIII. WILD CAMELS IN EUROPE.
CHAPTER IX. AMONG THE FLAMINGOES. NOTES ON THEIR HAUNTS AND
CHAPTER X. BRIGANDAGE IN SPAIN. SKETCHES OF TWO ROBBER-TYPES. I. Vizco El Borje.
CHAPTER XI. THE SPANISH IBEX.
CHAPTER XII. IBEX-SHOOTING IN SPAIN. I. Sierra de Gredos (Old Castile).
CHAPTER XIII. IBEX-SHOOTING IN SPAIN ( Continued ). III. Sierra Bermeja (Mediterranean).
CHAPTER XIV. TROUT AND TROUTING IN SPAIN.
CHAPTER XV. TROUTING IN THE ASTURIAS AND IN LEON.
CHAPTER XVI. EXPERIENCES WITH EAGLES. I. Forest and Plain.
CHAPTER XVII. FURTHER EXPERIENCES WITH EAGLES AND VULTURES. II. Chiefly relating to the Sierra.
CHAPTER XVIII. ON SPANISH AGRICULTURE. I. Cereals, Green Crops, etc.
CHAPTER XIX. ON SPANISH AGRICULTURE ( Continued ). The Olive.
CHAPTER XX. BIRD-LIFE OF THE SPANISH SPRING-TIME. I. The Pinales, or Pine Region.
CHAPTER XXI. BIRD-LIFE OF THE SPANISH SPRING-TIME. II. The Cistus-Plains and Prairies.
CHAPTER XXII. BIRD-LIFE OF THE SPANISH SPRING-TIME. III. By Lake and Lagoon.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SPANISH GYPSY.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SPANISH GYPSY OF TO-DAY.
CHAPTER XXV. IN SEARCH OF THE LAMMERGEYER.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE HOME OF THE LAMMERGEYER.
CHAPTER XXVII. RAMON AND THE TWO BIG RAMS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE IBEX-HUNTER'S BETROTHAL.
CHAPTER XXIX. ON VITICULTURE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
CHAPTER XXX. SOME FURTHER NOTES ON THE GREAT BUSTARD.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE LITTLE BUSTARD. ( Otis tetrax. )
CHAPTER XXXII. A WINTER CAMPAIGN IN DOnANA. (NOVEMBER.)
CHAPTER XXXIII. WILDFOWLING IN THE WILDERNESS. I. A Wet
CHAPTER XXXIV. WILDFOWLING IN THE WILDERNESS. II. A Dry Season (Flight-Shooting).
CHAPTER XXXV. THE STANCHION-GUN IN SPAIN.
CHAPTER XXXVI. DEER-DRIVING IN THE PINE FORESTS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. WINTER IN THE MARSHES. Snipe-shooting. Spanish,
CHAPTER XXXVIII. DEER-STALKING AND "STILL-HUNTING"
APPENDIX. PART I. THE LARGE GAME OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, WITH NOTES ON OTHER SPANISH MAMMALIA.
GLOSSARY.
INDEX.
WILD SPAIN
"TWO IBEX-HUNTERS."
"TWO IBEX-HUNTERS."
Map illustrating "Wild Spain" BY Abel Chapman & W. J. Buck.
WILD SPAIN
(ESPAÑA AGRESTE)
RECORDS OF
SPORT WITH RIFLE, ROD, AND GUN,
NATURAL HISTORY AND EXPLORATION
BY
ABEL CHAPMAN, F.Z.S.
AUTHOR OF "BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS"
AND
WALTER J. BUCK, C.M.Z.S., of Jerez
WITH 174 ILLUSTRATIONS, MOSTLY BY THE AUTHORS
colophon
LONDON
GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW
(Successors To Mr. Van Voorst)
1893
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER,
70 TO 76, LONG ACRE, W.C.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
GLOSSARY.
INDEX.
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