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  NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIKDS 
  OF 
  ANGLESEA. 
  

  

  By 
  T. 
  A. 
  Coward 
  & 
  Charles 
  Oldham. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1903 
  we 
  again 
  visited 
  Anglesea,*' 
  working 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  coast-line 
  between 
  Pentraeth 
  and 
  Carmel 
  Head, 
  and 
  

   spending 
  several 
  days 
  inland 
  in 
  North-east 
  and 
  North 
  Anglesea, 
  

   besides 
  paying 
  flying 
  visits 
  to 
  Penmon, 
  Puffin 
  Island, 
  Malldraeth, 
  

   and 
  Newborough. 
  During 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  our 
  visit, 
  which 
  extended 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  May 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  June, 
  

   we 
  had 
  the 
  companionship 
  of 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  G. 
  Cummings, 
  to 
  whose 
  

   power 
  of 
  observation 
  and 
  intimate 
  knowledge 
  of 
  bird-notes 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  paper 
  is 
  largely 
  due. 
  Mr. 
  Cummings 
  

   has 
  kindly 
  placed 
  at 
  our 
  disposal 
  his 
  notes 
  of 
  previous 
  visits 
  to 
  

   the 
  island. 
  Although 
  the 
  spring 
  had 
  been 
  cold 
  and 
  backward, 
  

   we 
  were 
  fortunate 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  spell 
  of 
  excellent 
  weather 
  during 
  

   most 
  of 
  our 
  visit; 
  indeed, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  days 
  were 
  unpleasantly 
  hot. 
  

  

  North 
  Anglesea 
  differs 
  greatly 
  in 
  character 
  from 
  the 
  country 
  

   lying 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  Point 
  Lynas 
  to 
  Llan- 
  

   gefni 
  ; 
  considerable 
  plantations 
  at 
  Llys 
  Dulas, 
  Lligwy, 
  Parciau, 
  

   Tyn-y-gongl, 
  and 
  Pentraeth, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  many 
  limestone 
  

   terraces, 
  often 
  clothed 
  with 
  dense 
  thickets 
  of 
  hazel 
  and 
  thorn, 
  

   give 
  the 
  eastern 
  portion 
  a 
  character 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  wooded 
  

   Straits 
  ; 
  but, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  small 
  clumps 
  of 
  shade-trees 
  

   round 
  the 
  larger 
  farms, 
  North 
  and 
  North-east 
  Anglesea 
  is 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  treeless. 
  It 
  supports, 
  nevertheless, 
  a 
  rich 
  and 
  varied 
  

   flora, 
  save 
  in 
  such 
  places 
  as 
  Parys 
  Mountain, 
  where 
  the 
  copper 
  

   mines 
  and 
  works 
  have 
  desolated 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  from 
  the 
  

   naturalist's 
  point 
  of 
  view. 
  

  

  Parys 
  Mountain 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  rocky 
  outcrops 
  or 
  

   "mynyddau 
  " 
  so 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  Three 
  others 
  rise 
  

   to 
  a 
  considerable 
  height 
  above 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country, 
  and 
  are 
  

   dignified 
  with 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  mountain 
  — 
  Garn, 
  Llaneilian, 
  and 
  

   Bodafon. 
  They 
  are 
  somewhat 
  bare 
  compared 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   lesser 
  eminences, 
  though 
  stunted 
  ling 
  and 
  clumps 
  of 
  gorse 
  

   * 
  Cf. 
  'Zoologist,' 
  1902, 
  p. 
  401. 
  

  

  