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74.— SNOW BUNTING. Pkctrophenax nivalis (L.). 



Winter migrant, occurring irregularly in all counties, on the coasts and on 

 hills inland. 



Additional records in Carnarvonshire. Mr. R. W. Jones 

 observed one haunting the Great Orme's Head through Sep- 

 tember and October, 1908, when it was joined by a second ; 

 Mr. H. King saw one at the mouth of the Ogwen in February, 

 1910 ; whilst on 4th April, 1913, Mr. C. Oldham noted one on 

 the summit of Y Gam, 3,100 feet. On 24th February, 1918, 

 Mr. F. L. Reading saw a very white one on the Great Orme's 

 Head. 



75. — STARLING. Sturnu^ vulgaris vulgaris L. 



Resident ; numerous everywhere ; immense flocks on west coast in winter 



In January, 1904, Mr. L. F. Lort obtained at Bangor a Starling 

 with the hinder part of the body j)ure white : it looked as if 

 it had been held by the beak and dipped in milk up to the 

 shoulders. Mr. H. King describes a nest at Bangor in 1906 

 as " made like a Sparrow's but on the open branch of a fir." 

 On 19th August, 1918, Mr. S. G. Cummings observed many 

 Starlings on the top of M3'nydd Craig Goch (1980 feet) ^vith 

 Mistle Thrushes feeding on bilberries. 



76.— ROSE-COLOURED STARLING. Pastor roseus (L).. 



Recorded twice only — in Anglesey and Flintshire. 



The Flintshire example was obtained bj'' the light-keeper at 

 Point of Air in August, 1861. Cf. British Birds, IX., 273 and 

 XL, 263. 



77. — CHOUGH. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (L.). 



Resident ; formerly common on the coasts of Anglesey, Carnarvon, and 

 Merioneth ; a few in the mountains : still occurs, but in small and decreasing 

 numbers. 



Besides those mentioned in the Fauna there are at least two 

 breeding colonies of the Cliough in North Wales, though the 

 localities cannot be diviilged. In Lleyn the Chough is slowly 

 dying out : JVIr. W. W. Cobb reports that in 1908 there were 

 not more than two or three pairs about Abersoch. The numbers 

 appear to fluctuate, however, for Mr. C. Oldham saw ten together 

 on Bardsej^ in October, 1914 ; others at Aberdaron and Lian 



