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45.— ROCK PIPIT. Anthus spinoletta petrosus (Mont.). 



Resident and common on the coasts and islands. 



In British Zoology Pennant describes the Rock-Pipit which 

 he got from the coast of Carnarvonshire as a variety of the 

 Meadow Pipit " with dusky legs." 



In May-June, 1906, Mr. O. V. Aplin found a nest with six 

 eggs on St, Tudwal's, and received a nest, taken in Lleyn with 

 a clutch of four eggs of the rare and beautiful pink variety 

 (Zoologist, 1910, 105). 



46.— GOLDEN ORIOLE. Oriolus oriolus oriolus (L.). 

 Very rare summer migrant, said to have nested in Merioneth. 



47.— GREAT GREY SHRIKE. Lanins excubitor excubitor L. 



Occasional autumn or winter migrant ; not known to occur in the west 

 or Anglesey. 



One sent to Shrewsbury for preservation was shot in Mont- 

 gomeryshire in October, 1910, whilst in the same county another 

 was shot at Pen-y-bont, 24th March, 1911. Mr. R. Morgan 

 reports that one was caught while trying to reach a caged 

 Goldfinch at Llanarmon, near Mold, 21st December, 1914. 



48.— RED-BACKED SHRIKE. Lanius collurio collurio L. 



Summer migrant, distributed irregularly throughout the district but 

 common only in one or two localities ; scarce in Anglesey. 



Ill Anglesey recent occurrences have been recorded by Mr. 

 S. G. Cummings, who saw a pair near the hotel in Red Wharf 

 Bay and a male at Llanbedr Goch towards the end of May, 

 1913 ; also a pair with nest and young at Wern, East Anglesey, 

 23rd June, 1917, and a single bird on BwTdd Arthur in August, 

 1919. Mr. G. R. Humphreys saw two at Menai Bridge, 2nd 

 August, 1908. Ill Carnarvonshire Mr. O. V. Aplin noted a pair 

 on Mynydd Mawr in July, 1905 ; Mr. A. G. Edwards found a pair 

 nesting at Portmadoc in 1906-7 ; while Mr. H. King has repeatedly 

 found a pair nesting at Bangor and in the Aber Valley ; Rev. E. 

 Lorimer Thomas found a nest and eggs at Bethesda in 1889 ; and 

 Mr. S. G. Cummings saw a female with two fledged young at Dinas 

 Dinlle, August, 1916. Mr. R. W. Jones found a nest with eggs on 

 the Great Orme's Head 28th May, 1913. In Denbigh and Flint 

 a pair with young were seen by Mr, Cummings between Bodfari 

 and Tremeirchion 5th July, 1911, while Mr. R. Morgan saw a 



