VOL. XIII.] THE BIRDS OF BARDSEY ISLAND. 191 



grass about three parts up the mountain side, but they were 

 to be met with all over the island. 



The Whimbrel {Numenius ph. phceopus). 



Once recorded from the light, a single bird on May I4th/i5th, 



1913- 



Probably a regular double-passage migrant. 



Not recorded either by Mr. Aplin or by Mr. Coward. 



In June 1913 two birds haunted the extreme southern 

 end of the island from the 15th to the 17th, and a third was 

 heard calling on the west coast on the 21st. 



In September three were seen on the 3rd, two on the 19th, 

 and single birds on the loth and 21st. 



The Common Snipe [Gallinago g. gallinago). 



A regular double-passage migrant. 



Spring passage, from mid- January to the first week in April. 



Autumn passage, from the second week in September to the 

 end of November and occasionally to the fourth week in 

 December. 



In September 1913 single birds were put up from a boggy 

 meadow, through which the single stream flows, on the 3rd 

 and 12th and there were two there on the 9th. On the 17th 

 one was flushed out of some bracken high up on the mountain. 



The Jack Snipe {Limnocryptes galliniila). 



A regular double -passage migrant. 



Spring passage, from mid-March to mnd-April, also recorded 

 in January. 



Autumn passage, from mid-September to mid -December, 

 once as early as September 4th 5th. 



The Woodcock [Scolopax rusticola). 



A regular double -passage migrant. 



Spring passage, from the middle to the end of March. 



Autumn passage, from the middle (occasionally the first 

 week) of October to the end of November, and occasionally 

 in mid-December. 



Twice recorded in January, 14th and 20th {B.A. Migration 

 Report, 1881). 



The Common Tern {Sterna hmmdo). 



The Arctic Tern {Sterna paradiscea). 



Both species without doubt pass the island on the spring 

 and autumn passage every year. There are two records from 

 the light of " Terns," species undetermined, in the first half 



