LLANDDWYN. 



We had on former occasions pitched our camp at 

 Beaumaris, in the island of Anglesey, working the 

 coast and " hinterland " in search of bird-life as far as 

 Red Wharf Bay, with the inclusion of Puffin Island 

 by the way ; and whilst engaged on this track we 

 had observed several species of birds Common 

 Terns, Lesser Terns, Black-headed Gulls, Herons, 

 Curlews, Redshanks, and others which there was 

 every reason to believe were breeding in the island, 

 but whose nesting resorts we had not come upon in 

 our northward search. 



Of the first of these birds the Common Tern we 

 had during the latter portion of May and the earlier 

 days of June observed hundreds, recently returned 

 from their southward migration, congregated upon 

 the fishing weirs in the Menai Straits; and although 

 we knew of a breeding station of these birds lying 

 northwards Moelfre Island, on the farther side of 

 Red Wharf Bay we had noticed during July birds 

 of this species passing singly, with fish drooping 

 from their bills, by an inland way over a high, wooded 

 ridge at the back of the town of Beaumaris, upon a 

 south-westerly course, evidently bearing food for 

 sitting birds or young. Black-headed Gulls, too, 

 though rarely seen at the north-eastern end of the 

 Straits during the breeding months, appeared there 

 in increasing numbers from the close of June, and 

 were observed to come mainly from the south- 

 western end, and to withdraw in that direction at 



