238 THE HERON AND HERONRIES 
Through the kindness of Mr. J. H. Linaxer, I have quite 
recently visited this locality—I cannot say Heronry, for alas! 
it no longer exists I saw the tall ash trees in which the 
Herons used to build, but there was not a stick left to tell the 
tale of their former existence. The keeper, who accompanied 
me, was under the impression that the Herons still built there, 
owing to the fact that he had seen a stray bird in the wood; 
but from what I could gather I should imagine that the Herons 
ceased to build in this locality about the year 1890. The 
strangest thing about the whole matter is that the rooks have 
also left, and there is neither Rookery nor Heronry. (May, 
1893.) 
NORTH WALES. 
Pitas TREGAYAN, NEAR LLANGEFNI 
(The Seat of Major Lloyd.) 
The owner kindly informs me that the Herons first came 
here ‘‘about sixty years ago, and had about fifteen to twenty 
nests in beech trees close to the house. The rooks, of which 
there are a large number, used to fight them and pull down 
their nests, and have now driven them further off into some 
silver fir trees. I am sorry to say there are only about six or 
eight nests now.’ (January 21st, 1890.) 
TREIORWERTH, NEAR VALLEY, ANGLESEA. 
Miss WYNNE JONES (Chester) kindly gave me the following 
information respecting the Heronry at her late residence :— 
‘** About twelve years ago (1887), two or three pairs of Herons 
first commenced to build in a fir tree near the house, which in 
previous years had been tenanted by the rooks; the latter 
allowed the Herons to build their nests, and then drove them 
away; many struggles ensued, but the rooks came off victori- 
ous. Ultimately, the Herons built in some fir-trees a short 
distance away from the tree first selected. Three years ago 
the number of nests had increased to eleven.” 
Quite recently (May 27th, 1893), Lorp STANLEy kindly 
writes :—'‘‘I saw a Heronry a few days ago at Treiorwerth. 
The young Herons were about to fly. I think most of the 
nests were in fir trees. I saw this Heronry about this time two 
years ago; the young Herons were then on the nests making 
much noise. This year the nests were not so plainly to be seen. 
The time before, when I saw them, I think I counted eight 
nests.” 
