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storm on 19th February, 1905, Mr. G. Bolam met with a 

 party of five Ring Ouzels near the top of Aran — a remarkable 

 date. 



7.— WHEATEAR. (Enanihe cenanthe cenanthe (L.). 



Summer migrant, arriving in March ; common on downs round the coast, 

 and on warrens and stony hillsides inland. 



Pennant in his Tour II., 349, mentions having met with the 

 Wheatear by Ffynnon Las on Snowdon, this and the Ring 

 Ouzel being the only small birds that frequent these heights. 

 He appears to have forgotten the Meadow Pipit, which far 

 outnumbers the Wheatear. 



The large race {(Enanihe cenanthe leiicorrhoa) has been noted 

 on migration in April near Aberystw;y'th by Professor Salter, 

 who remarks that it perches more freely on furze-bushes than 

 the smaller race. Amongst several Wheatears killed at Bardsey 

 lighthouse 14-1 5th August, 1909, was " one at least of the 

 Greenland race, which would seem to be an unusually early 

 record " for the autumnal migration. {B.O.C. Migration 

 Report, p. 206.) In 1912 the Wheatear was noted on the Great 

 Orme's Head by Mr. R. W. Jones as early as the 1st and 2nd 

 March. In 1913 migration lasted from 'March 21st to May 

 9th, the largest numbers being recorded at the Welsh light- 

 houses in the last half of April. Dr. N. F. Ticehurst records 

 that numbers passed Bardsey on migration in September, 1913, 

 including many of the larger race. 



S.— WHINCHAT. Saxicola rubetra rubetra (L.). 



Summer migrant, generally distributed and common in parts ; not 

 numerous in Anglesey. 



In Anglesey Mr. H. King observed a pair at Llanddona in August, 

 1910. In Carnarvonshire the Whinchat breeds sparingly in the 

 Snowdon district, but is more abundant in Merioneth on the 

 Rhinog Range and the northern slopes of Cader Idris. The 

 stomach of one from Prestatyn examined by Dr. R. Newstead 

 in May, 1894, contained many small spiders, an earwig, weevil 

 and five beetles. 



9.— STONECHAT. Saxicola torquata hiber turns (Hart.). 



Partial migrant ; most numerous near the coast especially in Anglesey 

 where it is extremely common. 



The latter half of the bottom paragraph on page 79 of the Fauna 

 should read as follows : — ^" Even Avhen unaware of a watcher the 



