﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIRDS 
  OF 
  ANGLE 
  SEA. 
  15 
  

  

  if 
  it 
  were 
  badly 
  hurt. 
  A 
  few 
  minutes 
  later 
  we 
  saw 
  it 
  lamely 
  

   struggle 
  down 
  the 
  ridge 
  towards 
  the 
  channel 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  a 
  

   gutter 
  six 
  yards 
  wide. 
  It 
  entered 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  swam 
  labori- 
  

   ously 
  across, 
  holding 
  one 
  wing 
  elevated 
  ; 
  the 
  bird 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  

   hopelessly 
  crippled. 
  Reaching 
  the 
  far 
  bank, 
  it 
  walked 
  slowly 
  up 
  

   the 
  mud, 
  every 
  few 
  yards 
  repeating 
  the 
  epileptic 
  leaps 
  and 
  falls, 
  

   until, 
  some 
  yards 
  away 
  on 
  the 
  far 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  it 
  dis- 
  

   continued 
  its 
  instinctively 
  simulated 
  disability, 
  and 
  rose 
  on 
  the 
  

   wing. 
  

  

  Several 
  pairs 
  of 
  Ringed 
  Plovers 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  pebble 
  ridge 
  at 
  

   Dulas, 
  and 
  others 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Lligwy, 
  where 
  we 
  found 
  fresh 
  

   eggs 
  on 
  May 
  23rd, 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  June 
  1st. 
  Between 
  Lligwy 
  and 
  

   Dulas 
  we 
  caught 
  a 
  young 
  bird 
  in 
  down 
  ; 
  it 
  crouched 
  on 
  the 
  sand 
  

   when 
  we 
  walked 
  towards 
  it, 
  but 
  ran 
  after 
  being 
  handled, 
  fed 
  a 
  

   little, 
  and 
  then 
  crouched 
  again 
  as 
  we 
  approached. 
  It 
  uttered 
  the 
  

   pce-ip 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  birds, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  much 
  lower 
  key. 
  When 
  it 
  ran 
  it 
  

   raised 
  its 
  unfeathered 
  wings, 
  if 
  hard 
  pressed, 
  as 
  if 
  to 
  assist 
  it 
  in 
  

   its 
  flight. 
  There 
  were 
  five 
  adult 
  Ringed 
  Plovers 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  

   near 
  it, 
  and 
  two 
  — 
  presumably 
  the 
  parents 
  of 
  this 
  young 
  bird 
  — 
  

   repelled 
  the 
  others 
  whenever 
  they 
  approached 
  the 
  young 
  one, 
  

   running 
  at 
  them 
  with 
  lowered 
  heads, 
  wings 
  outstretched, 
  and 
  

   tails 
  deflected 
  and 
  expanded, 
  Sometimes 
  these 
  two 
  followed 
  the 
  

   other 
  birds 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance, 
  darting 
  after 
  

   them, 
  turning 
  and 
  twisting 
  in 
  flight. 
  We 
  met 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  Ringed 
  Plovers 
  at 
  Llyn 
  Geirian, 
  but 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  make 
  

   out 
  if 
  the 
  species 
  breeds 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  this 
  inland 
  lake. 
  

  

  Mistle-Thrushes, 
  fairly 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  round 
  Red- 
  

   wharf 
  Bay 
  and 
  inland, 
  are, 
  curiously 
  enough, 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  

   treeless 
  country 
  near 
  Carmel 
  Head. 
  The 
  birds 
  sometimes 
  breed 
  

   on 
  the 
  cliffs 
  ; 
  on 
  June 
  7th 
  we 
  saw 
  a 
  nest 
  within 
  ten 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  

   beach, 
  beneath 
  an 
  overhanging 
  lichen-covered 
  rock, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Cummings 
  pointed 
  out 
  another 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  cliff-face 
  near 
  Bull 
  

   Bay, 
  which 
  was 
  occupied 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  Blackbird, 
  very 
  plenti- 
  

   ful 
  on 
  the 
  gorse-covered 
  slopes 
  above 
  the 
  cliffs, 
  alsooccasionally 
  

   nests 
  on 
  the 
  cliff 
  itself 
  ; 
  near 
  Cemmaes 
  we 
  found 
  one 
  nest 
  with 
  

   fully-fledged 
  young 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  above 
  high-water 
  mark 
  ; 
  it 
  

   was 
  built 
  in 
  the 
  grass 
  among 
  the 
  rocks. 
  We 
  twice 
  heard 
  Song- 
  

   Thrushes 
  introduce 
  the 
  feet-a-feet 
  of 
  the 
  Oystercatcher 
  into 
  their 
  

   songs. 
  

  

  