Birds by Land and Sea 



allow one to chisel her nesting-hole, even if it be to 

 abstract only one of four eggs. From that time the 

 nest was deserted. 



Passing the old ivy-clad ruins of Penmon Priory, 

 one enters Penmon Park, a fine open sweep of 

 bracken-covered moor breaking down to the sea in 

 the rocky cliffs forming the headland. Here lap- 

 wings and rabbits abound, and missel-thrushes I 

 heard the natives call them "jays" are met in 

 quite unusual numbers. I stalked the lapwings 

 from the pathway with the double-lens camera, and 

 obtained a few pictures of rather indifferent quality. 

 Although a sufficiently reposeful bird when alone, 

 the lapwing is a tetchy, peevish, restless creature 

 when approached. 



Upon reaching the " Black Rocks " at the ex- 

 treme corner of the island, we found the lighthouse 

 and Puffin Island lying in front of us on the open 

 sea. We noticed that the cormorants, after coming 

 down the Strait, turned this corner, and continued 

 their flight along the north side of the island. There 

 are no cormorants on Puffin Island. 



Our path for the present also lies along the lime- 

 stone cliffs forming this northern coast of Anglesey, 

 and we shall not have gone far along the rocks ere 

 an oyster-catcher remonstrates. Seen on the sea- 

 washed points or snags of rocks, where he spends 

 most of his time, he is a round-shouldered, squat- 

 looking bird, black above and white below, with a 

 long brilliant orange-red bill, and pinkish legs and 



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