OTES 



UNC0MM(;N P>IKI)S in GLAMORCANSIIlk!':. 



Black Ri<:dstart {Plurniciii'us o. i^ihrallayicnsis). An 

 example of this species, either a Icinalc or an iiiiinalure 

 l)ir(l, was seen among tlie stones on the side of one of the 

 Llanishen Reservoirs, some four miles from the shore of tlie 

 Bristol Channel, on November 20th. \()i\. 



Bewick's Swan (Cyi^niis h. hnric/'ii). On No\'cml)cr ()lli, 

 1921, a Swan was seen on a pool near the coast, hut hdorc 

 it could be identified it was fri(j;htencd off by the appearance 

 of a man on the edge ol the water. It Hew right away, 

 ])assing over the ])lace where we lay hidden. Twenty minutes 

 later we were delighted to see it circling o\'er the ])ool, and 

 it alighted about 200 yards away and right on our honl. 

 Through the telescope (x25) the area of lemon-yellow on the 

 beak showed very clearly, and a sketch of this made on the 

 s]iot confirmed our identification when compared with the 

 jplale in tlie Pnic/icd/ Ilandhook. As far as we are aware, 

 there is only onv other rt>cord of llx' occuncnce of this species 

 in the county. 



SMiiW {Miri^iis alhcllus).-' A single femal(> was to be 

 seen daily on the Koath Park Lake, Cardiff, from January ibth 

 to Marcii 19th, 1921. It was very loath to take wing, but 

 when it did so it flew strongly and was apparently uninjured. 



Green Sandpiper (7>mi,'a ochropus). — Two birds on 

 September 25th, three on October 2nd, and two on 

 October ibth, 1921, wvvc at the Llanishen kesei'voirs. 

 During the period covered by these dates the smallest of 

 the two reservoirs was l)eing eni])tied, and the birds were 

 seen feeding on the mud at the edg(> of the water, at times 

 wading into it, and fishing uji what looked to be small snails, 

 at which they nibbled with the tips of their beaks, and often 

 drojij^ed and retrieved. One was seen to swim out a yard 

 or more and wash, fluttering and splashing in dee]) water, 

 returning to repeat its ])erformance close inshore. 



Black Tern {Hydrochdidon nigra).- An inunature 

 specimen was identified on the small Reservoir, llanishen, 

 on October 9th, 1921. It was flying backwards and forwards 

 over the water, fretpiently mobbed by Black-headed (iuUs 

 {Lams r. ridihundus). Its flight was almost l)at-lik(\ and it 

 constantly ])aused on rajiidly fluttering wings and (lii)i)ed 



