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119. — OSPREY. Pamlion haliaetus haliaetus (Ii.). 



Rare visitor in autumn and winter. 



Beckwitli mentions one seen fishing in a lake on Uanbrynraair 

 hills 6th August, 1884 — possibly the same bird seen at Peny- 

 bont in October, 1884. 



120.— CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax carbo carbo (L.). 



Resident, common, and breeds on rocky coasts in the west : feeds also 

 off other parts of the coast and occasionally far inland. 



On 2nd October, 1913, ]\[r. C Oldham saw Cormorants appar- 

 ently feeding young on the Bird Roclc near Towyn — a very 

 lato date. He noted about thirty nests in June, 1915, in the 

 colony at Pen-y-parc, Anglesey. 



121. — SHAG. Phalacrocorax graculus graculus (L.). 



Resident and fairly numerous in Carnarvonshire and Anglesey ; not 

 common elsewhere, and very rare inland. 



Neither Shags nor Cormorants now nest on Puffin Island, 

 but from time to time both species are to be seen there : these 

 visitors doubtless come from Peimion Point opposite, where 

 many Cormorants and a few Shags nest. An immature Shag 

 was shot fit Middletown on the Shropshire border, 29th Sep- 

 tember, 1903 — the only iMontgomeryshire record, 



122.— GANNET. >Sicla bassana (L.). 



To be seen over the sea at all seasons ; sometimes driven inland by gales. 



Small parties and flocks numbering up to twenty have been 

 observed on various parts of the coast, but details are unneces- 

 sary. F. W.[illiams] records in the Field, 16th October, 1886, 

 one three miles from Welshpool " some years ago." This 

 is the only Montgomeryshire record. On 12th August, 1916, 

 Mr. Cummings saw fifty or more in Carnarvon Bay. 



123.— COMMON HERON. Ardea cinerea L. 



Resident ; generally distributed throughout the lowlands. 



Mr. H. King states that in Carnarvonshire there was formerly 

 a heronry with five or six nests at Treborth, but the birds appear 

 to have removed to Vaynol, where there were several nests in 



