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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  unfortunate 
  fish. 
  From 
  our 
  position 
  on 
  the 
  cliff 
  we 
  could 
  watch 
  

   the 
  impetuous 
  headlong 
  dive 
  and 
  splash 
  of 
  the 
  Terns, 
  and 
  hear, 
  

   across 
  the 
  water, 
  the 
  clamour 
  of 
  their 
  harsh 
  screams, 
  with 
  which 
  

   were 
  mingled 
  the 
  occasional 
  loud 
  clear 
  call 
  of 
  kitti-wa-ake 
  and 
  

   the 
  guttural 
  cry 
  of 
  the 
  Guillemots. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  no 
  suitable 
  beaches 
  for 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Tern 
  on 
  the 
  

   northern 
  coast, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  pairs 
  frequent 
  the 
  shingle 
  at 
  Lligwy 
  

   Bay, 
  where 
  we 
  discovered 
  several 
  scratched 
  nesting-holes, 
  but 
  no 
  

   eggs 
  had 
  been 
  laid 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  A 
  great 
  pebble 
  ridge 
  — 
  gay 
  in 
  early 
  June 
  with 
  thrift, 
  great 
  

   white 
  trusses 
  of 
  seacale, 
  and 
  the 
  yellow 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  horned 
  

   poppy 
  — 
  extends 
  across 
  Cemllyn 
  Bay, 
  forming 
  on 
  the 
  landward 
  

   side 
  a 
  tidal 
  llyn 
  or 
  lagoon, 
  shallow 
  and 
  muddy 
  — 
  an 
  ideal 
  spot 
  for 
  

   Waders. 
  On 
  the 
  pebble 
  ridge 
  — 
  perhaps 
  the 
  only 
  possible 
  place 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  coast 
  — 
  Binged 
  Plovers 
  nest 
  ; 
  when 
  the 
  tide 
  is 
  out 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  stretch 
  of 
  wet 
  mud 
  is 
  left 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  lagoon, 
  

   attracting 
  Ducks, 
  Waders, 
  and 
  Gulls. 
  On 
  June 
  7th, 
  and 
  again 
  

   on 
  the 
  10th, 
  we 
  saw 
  seven 
  Turnstones 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  mud 
  ; 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  tangle 
  — 
  and, 
  indeed, 
  on 
  the 
  brown 
  mud 
  — 
  the 
  birds 
  

   were 
  inconspicuous, 
  but 
  when 
  they 
  ran 
  up 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  shingle 
  they 
  

   disappeared 
  entirely, 
  so 
  closely 
  did 
  their 
  black, 
  white, 
  and 
  chest- 
  

   nut 
  coloration 
  assimilate 
  to 
  the 
  variegated 
  pebbles. 
  When 
  in 
  

   flight 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Turnstones 
  uttered 
  a 
  sweet 
  trilling 
  note 
  — 
  the 
  

   love- 
  song, 
  uttered 
  in 
  anticipation 
  of 
  its 
  arrival 
  at 
  its 
  northern 
  

   breeding- 
  ground. 
  We 
  also 
  met 
  with 
  four 
  Turnstones 
  in 
  Dulas 
  

   Bay, 
  and 
  on 
  June 
  12th 
  saw 
  five 
  on 
  the 
  wrack-covered 
  rocks 
  in 
  

   Malldraeth 
  Bay 
  ; 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  were 
  in 
  full 
  summer 
  

   dress. 
  

  

  Black-headed 
  Gulls, 
  a 
  few 
  Oystercatchers, 
  and 
  about 
  twenty 
  

   Mallards 
  — 
  the 
  last 
  birds 
  being 
  nearly 
  all 
  males 
  — 
  were 
  swimming 
  

   or 
  wading 
  in 
  the 
  shallow 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  lagoon 
  on 
  June 
  7th. 
  The 
  

   Mallards 
  rose 
  on 
  our 
  approach 
  ; 
  we 
  saw 
  them 
  twice 
  later 
  during 
  

   the 
  day 
  on 
  the 
  sea 
  off 
  Carmel 
  Head. 
  A 
  couple 
  of 
  Whimbrels 
  and 
  

   a 
  few 
  black-bellied 
  Dunlins 
  were 
  also 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  ooze. 
  The 
  

   only 
  other 
  Dunlins 
  which 
  we 
  met 
  with 
  were 
  a 
  few 
  at 
  Lligwy 
  Bay 
  

   on 
  May 
  23rd, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  party 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Aber 
  Menai 
  on 
  

   June 
  11th. 
  We 
  met 
  with 
  no 
  parties 
  of 
  Whimbrels 
  this 
  year, 
  

   though 
  we 
  noticed 
  single 
  birds 
  at 
  Cemllyn 
  or 
  elsewhere 
  on 
  three 
  

   other 
  occasions. 
  We 
  saw 
  Curlews 
  on 
  the 
  rocks 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  in 
  

   several 
  places, 
  but 
  never 
  many 
  together. 
  

  

  