﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIRDS 
  OF 
  ANGLE 
  SEA. 
  17 
  

  

  that 
  they 
  were 
  nesting 
  at 
  this 
  date, 
  and 
  when 
  we 
  visited 
  the 
  spot 
  

   ten 
  days 
  later 
  we 
  saw 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  the 
  birds. 
  

  

  The 
  House-Martin 
  is 
  not 
  plentiful 
  inland, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  

   there 
  are 
  many 
  colonies. 
  The 
  nests 
  are 
  affixed 
  to 
  the 
  cliff-face, 
  

   generally 
  beneath 
  a 
  projecting 
  or 
  overhanging 
  rock 
  ; 
  at 
  Bull 
  Bay 
  

   the 
  birds 
  were 
  building 
  in 
  the 
  entrances 
  of 
  some 
  small 
  caves. 
  

   We 
  saw 
  two 
  colonies 
  on 
  the 
  limestone 
  cliffs 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  

   Moelfre. 
  On 
  May 
  22nd, 
  when 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  building, 
  we 
  threw 
  

   down 
  fragments 
  of 
  cotton-wool 
  from 
  the 
  cliff 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  birds, 
  

   flying 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  their 
  nests, 
  caught 
  the 
  floating 
  bits 
  of 
  wool 
  as 
  

   they 
  passed. 
  Several 
  House- 
  Sparrows, 
  which 
  were 
  nesting 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  spot, 
  darted 
  out 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  wool, 
  but 
  their 
  attempts 
  

   were 
  very 
  clumsy 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  dash 
  of 
  the 
  Martins. 
  On 
  

   these 
  limestone 
  cliffs 
  there 
  are 
  small 
  colonies 
  of 
  Swifts 
  ; 
  the 
  birds 
  

   breed 
  in 
  crevices 
  in 
  the 
  disintegrating 
  rock. 
  Inland, 
  the 
  Swift 
  

   is 
  uncommon, 
  but 
  we 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Llanerchymedd 
  

   and 
  Llangefni, 
  and 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  hawking 
  for 
  flies 
  above 
  the 
  bogs. 
  

  

  The 
  Swallow 
  is 
  everywhere 
  abundant, 
  but 
  the 
  Sand-Martin 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  local. 
  Suitable 
  nesting-places 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  

   are 
  scarce, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  colony 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  above 
  the 
  

   cliffs 
  at 
  Benllech 
  Bay, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  nest 
  in 
  an 
  exposed 
  bank 
  on 
  the 
  

   sandhills 
  at 
  Lligwy 
  Bay. 
  Inland, 
  we 
  found 
  the 
  bird 
  nesting 
  in 
  

   the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Cefni 
  near 
  Bodffordd, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  

   the 
  inland 
  streams 
  are 
  unsuited 
  to 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  Sand-Martin. 
  

   In 
  the 
  north 
  we 
  only 
  came 
  across 
  one 
  colony, 
  in 
  a 
  mud 
  cliff 
  near 
  

   Llanrhwydrys 
  Church. 
  

  

  We 
  failed 
  to 
  discover 
  any 
  fresh 
  locality 
  for 
  the 
  Tree 
  -Sparrow 
  ; 
  

   we 
  again 
  visited 
  the 
  colony 
  at 
  Penmon, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  meet 
  with 
  a 
  

   single 
  bird 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  House- 
  Sparrow 
  is 
  abundant 
  ; 
  it 
  nests 
  

   in 
  the 
  cliffs, 
  in 
  ivy, 
  or 
  in 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  rock. 
  We 
  found 
  the 
  bird 
  

   breeding 
  in 
  crevices 
  in 
  the 
  bare 
  rock 
  on 
  Bodafon 
  Mountain, 
  and 
  

   saw 
  many 
  bulky 
  untidy 
  nests 
  in 
  thorn 
  hedges 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   bourhood 
  of 
  houses. 
  

  

  The 
  Cormorant 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  breed 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  coast,, 
  

   except 
  perhaps 
  on 
  the 
  Middle 
  Mouse, 
  where 
  the 
  Bull 
  Bay 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  say 
  it 
  sometimes 
  nests 
  ; 
  these 
  men, 
  however, 
  may 
  confuse 
  

   it 
  with 
  the 
  Shag. 
  On 
  May 
  28th 
  we 
  could 
  see 
  eggs 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  nests 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  colony 
  near 
  Bwrdd 
  Arthur, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  nest 
  

   at 
  least 
  the 
  young 
  were 
  hatched. 
  We 
  met 
  with 
  odd 
  birds 
  all 
  

  

  Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol. 
  VIII., 
  January, 
  1904. 
  c 
  

  

  