﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  B1BDS 
  OF 
  ANGLE 
  SEA. 
  9 
  

  

  Elsewhere 
  primroses, 
  interspersed 
  with 
  the 
  purple 
  spikes 
  of 
  the 
  

   early 
  orchis, 
  grew 
  in 
  profusion, 
  their 
  pale 
  yellow 
  in 
  strong 
  con- 
  

   trast 
  with 
  the 
  golden 
  glory 
  of 
  the 
  gorse. 
  The 
  steep 
  faces 
  of 
  the 
  

   grey 
  crags 
  are 
  the 
  haunts 
  of 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  Swifts, 
  House- 
  

   Martins, 
  Starlings, 
  Jackdaws, 
  and 
  House- 
  Sparrows, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  

   species 
  being 
  especially 
  plentiful 
  where 
  iv} 
  7 
  covers 
  the 
  rock. 
  The 
  

   Ringed 
  Plover 
  and 
  Oystercatcher 
  breed 
  on 
  the 
  beaches 
  in 
  every 
  

   little 
  bay, 
  several 
  pairs 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  wider 
  stretches 
  at 
  Lligwy 
  

   and 
  the 
  estuary 
  of 
  the 
  Afon 
  Goch. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  rugged 
  north 
  coast 
  — 
  between 
  Point 
  Lynas 
  and 
  Carmel 
  

   Head 
  — 
  the 
  metamorphic 
  rock 
  is 
  weathered 
  into 
  jagged 
  cliffs 
  and 
  

   deep 
  fissures 
  ; 
  the 
  outlying 
  stacks 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  boulders 
  and 
  

   fragments 
  of 
  fallen 
  cliff 
  which 
  lie 
  between 
  the 
  tide-marks 
  are 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  the 
  disintegration 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  going 
  on 
  for 
  ages. 
  

   There 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  breeding 
  station 
  of 
  the 
  Kittiwake, 
  

   but 
  the 
  Herring-Gull 
  breeds 
  all 
  along 
  this 
  coast, 
  the 
  largest 
  

   colony 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  stupendous 
  cliffs 
  at 
  Carmel 
  Head. 
  Amongst 
  

   the 
  Herring-Gulls 
  on 
  the 
  Middle 
  Mouse, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   colony, 
  we 
  could 
  see, 
  from 
  the 
  cliffs 
  of 
  the 
  mainland, 
  an 
  adult 
  

   Lesser 
  Black-backed 
  Gull 
  ; 
  we 
  had 
  noticed 
  another 
  two 
  days 
  

   previously 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Cemllyn. 
  We 
  did 
  not 
  meet 
  with 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Black-backed 
  Gull 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  but 
  we 
  saw 
  

   a 
  pair 
  near 
  Aber 
  Menai, 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  we 
  noticed 
  the 
  bird 
  

   in 
  1902. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  contrary 
  winds 
  we 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  Tern 
  

   colonies 
  on 
  the 
  Skerries, 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  rocky 
  islets 
  only 
  approach- 
  

   able 
  in 
  calm 
  weather, 
  but 
  on 
  May 
  23rd 
  we 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  

   Common 
  Terns 
  had 
  not 
  laid 
  on 
  Ynys 
  Moelfre, 
  nor 
  on 
  Ynys 
  Dulas, 
  

   where 
  in 
  June 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  Mr. 
  Cummings 
  found 
  them 
  

   breeding 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  On 
  May 
  25th 
  some 
  seventy 
  Common 
  

   Terns 
  were 
  floating 
  idly 
  in 
  a 
  compact 
  body 
  on 
  the 
  calm 
  sea 
  off 
  

   Benllech 
  Bay 
  ; 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  fishing, 
  and, 
  while 
  the 
  majority 
  

   simply 
  rested 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  a 
  few 
  individuals 
  were 
  splashing 
  and 
  

   washing 
  themselves. 
  Very 
  different 
  was 
  the 
  behaviour 
  of 
  some 
  

   birds 
  we 
  saw 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  near 
  Point 
  Lynas, 
  harrying 
  a 
  

   shoal 
  of 
  fish. 
  Guillemots 
  and 
  rolling 
  Porpoises 
  marked 
  the 
  

   position 
  of 
  the 
  shoal, 
  Kittiwakes 
  flew 
  backwards 
  and 
  forwards, 
  

   dropping 
  occasionally 
  to 
  swim 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  while 
  a 
  hovering 
  

   cloud 
  of 
  Terns 
  hung 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  above, 
  raining 
  birds 
  upon 
  the 
  

  

  