BIRDS 11 



88.— SHORE LARK. Eremophila alpestris flava (Gm.). 

 Recorded on the Dee Estuary. 



89.— SWIFT. Apus apiis apus (L.). 



Summer migrant, common almost everywhere. 



Mr. H. King observes that large numbers breed in the mountains, 

 especially on Tryfaen and the Glyders. In June, 1915, Air. C. 

 Oldham saw several hawking about the summit of Carnedd 

 Dafydd — 3,426 feet. In 1917 ]\Ir. Cummings observed one 

 at Morfa Dinlle on 3rd September, and in 1918 one at Llandwrog 

 on 16th September. 



90. — NIGHTJAR. Caprimulgus europceus europceas L. 



Summer migrant, generally distributed ; most numerous near the west 

 coast. 



From the 16th to 30th September, 1911, a Nightjar frequented 

 Mr. F L. Rawlins' garden at Rhyl : it used to bask in the sun 

 on the top of a wooden bee-hive : on the 19th it allowed me 

 to approach within five feet and take a photograph. Beckwith 

 mentions one killed in North Wales, 25th November, 1887 — a 

 remarkably late date. For four years in succession Mr. S. G. 

 Cummings found young in the same spot on the sandhills at 

 Morfa Dinlle, Carnarvonshire. 



91.— GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Dryobates major 

 angliais (Hart.). 



Resident ; fairly common in wooded parts of the district, occurring in all 

 counties. 



Anglesey must now be added to the counties where it occurs. 

 Mr. T. Owen observed one at Penmon, 3rd April, 1912. 

 Additional localities in Carnarvonshire are Portmadoc, where 

 ]\Ir. A. G. Edwards saw one in his garden in the summer of 

 1906 ; Bangor, where Mr. T. A. Coward says a pair settled in 

 1908 ; and the wooded parts of Nant Francon where Mr. C. 

 Oldham has met with it several times. 



92. -LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Dryobates minor 

 comminutus (Hart.). 



Resident ; not uncommon in the eastern half of the district but almost 

 unknown in the west. 



A number of additional records have been received from the 

 three eastern counties, but these need not be detailed. In 



