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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  nest 
  in 
  a 
  cave 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  last 
  year. 
  He 
  admitted, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  for 
  

   some 
  years. 
  The 
  lighthousemen 
  at 
  Point 
  Lynas 
  knew 
  nothing 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chough, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  formerly 
  nested 
  on 
  Puffin 
  Island 
  

   is 
  proved 
  by 
  the 
  egg 
  in 
  Professor 
  Newton's 
  collection, 
  which 
  was 
  

   taken 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Lord 
  Lilford 
  on 
  May 
  21st, 
  1853. 
  The 
  

   nest 
  contained 
  three 
  eggs 
  and 
  one 
  young 
  bird. 
  Willughby 
  does 
  

   not 
  specially 
  mention 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  Anglesea, 
  but 
  says 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   found 
  " 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Wales." 
  The 
  old 
  warrener 
  at 
  

   Penmon, 
  whose 
  memory 
  carries 
  him 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   last 
  century, 
  remembers 
  the 
  Chough 
  breeding 
  at 
  Dinmor, 
  oppo- 
  

   site 
  Puffin 
  Island. 
  

  

  We 
  were 
  not 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  come 
  across 
  any 
  Rock- 
  

   Doves, 
  though 
  Mr. 
  Newstead 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Cummings 
  have 
  both, 
  in- 
  

   dependently, 
  seen 
  white-crouped 
  Pigeons 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  coast, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  highly 
  probable 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  pairs 
  breed 
  there. 
  The 
  Stock- 
  

   Dove 
  is 
  abundant 
  both 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  limestone 
  

   terraces 
  inland. 
  On 
  the 
  great 
  bluff 
  of 
  old 
  red 
  sandstone 
  which 
  

   rises 
  above 
  the 
  southern 
  bank 
  of 
  theDulas 
  Estuary, 
  Stock-Doves 
  

   and 
  Jackdaws 
  nest 
  in 
  hundreds. 
  The 
  cliff 
  stands 
  somewhat 
  back 
  

   from 
  the 
  copper-stained 
  mud-banks 
  o.f 
  the 
  estuary 
  ; 
  its 
  lower 
  

   slopes 
  and 
  the 
  debris 
  at 
  its 
  foot 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  trees 
  and 
  thick 
  

   undergrowth, 
  where 
  we 
  heard 
  many 
  Chaffinches 
  and 
  Chiffchaffs 
  

   singing. 
  The 
  crags 
  above 
  the 
  trees, 
  copper-red 
  where 
  the 
  rock 
  

   is 
  visible, 
  were, 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June, 
  clothed 
  with 
  ivy 
  and 
  great 
  

   masses 
  of 
  crimson 
  campion 
  and 
  yellow 
  gorse 
  ; 
  flocks 
  of 
  noisy 
  

   Daws 
  wheeled 
  round 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  cliff, 
  and 
  Stock-Doves 
  and 
  

   Wood-Pigeons 
  were 
  incessantly 
  passing 
  to 
  and 
  fro. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  26th 
  we 
  saw 
  a 
  Sheld-Duck 
  on 
  the 
  mud 
  of 
  Dulas 
  

   Estuary, 
  and 
  the 
  previous 
  day 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  rocks 
  near 
  Benllech 
  ; 
  

   the 
  bird 
  is 
  apparently 
  rare 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  north-east. 
  While 
  

   we 
  were 
  passing 
  along 
  the 
  pebble 
  ridge 
  which 
  half 
  crosses 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Afon 
  Goch, 
  a 
  Lapwing 
  walked 
  slowly 
  away 
  a 
  few 
  

   yards 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  us. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  we 
  were 
  watching 
  some 
  Turn- 
  

   stones, 
  and 
  paid 
  little 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  behaviour 
  of 
  the 
  Lapwing, 
  

   which 
  no 
  doubt 
  had 
  young 
  concealed 
  amongst 
  the 
  refuse 
  and 
  

   scanty 
  herbage 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  ridge. 
  The 
  bird 
  many 
  times 
  

   jumped 
  spasmodically, 
  and 
  then 
  pitched 
  forward 
  on 
  its 
  head, 
  

   waving 
  its 
  wings 
  disjointedly, 
  and 
  struggling 
  along 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  

  

  