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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  round 
  the 
  coast, 
  fishing 
  or 
  drying 
  their 
  wings 
  on 
  the 
  rocks. 
  The 
  

   Shag 
  breeds 
  near 
  Carmel 
  Head 
  ; 
  on 
  June 
  7th 
  we 
  saw 
  three 
  birds 
  

   brooding 
  in 
  cracks 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  cliff, 
  We 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  

   add 
  the 
  Shag 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  birds 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  southern 
  

   district 
  ; 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  it 
  at 
  all 
  in 
  1902. 
  We 
  twice 
  saw 
  old 
  birds 
  

   with 
  well-developed 
  crests 
  at 
  Dinmor 
  Point, 
  and, 
  besides 
  locating 
  

   the 
  nest, 
  found 
  a 
  sucked 
  egg, 
  left 
  by 
  some 
  Gull 
  or 
  Crow, 
  on 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  cliff. 
  An 
  adult 
  Gannet 
  flew 
  past 
  Ynys 
  Moelfre 
  when 
  

   we 
  were 
  visiting 
  the 
  island 
  on 
  May 
  23rd. 
  We 
  did 
  not 
  discover 
  

   any 
  new 
  breeding 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  Guillemot 
  or 
  Razorbill, 
  though 
  

   we 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  birds 
  fishing 
  at 
  sea 
  in 
  different 
  places. 
  

  

  Inland, 
  Northern 
  Anglesea 
  is 
  under 
  rough 
  cultivation, 
  mostly 
  

   pasture, 
  but 
  large 
  tracts 
  of 
  land 
  lie 
  waste. 
  Gorse 
  invades 
  the 
  

   borders 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  fields, 
  and 
  covers 
  the 
  stony 
  outcrops, 
  

   which 
  defy 
  the 
  feeble 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  agriculturist 
  ; 
  bogs 
  and 
  

   marshy 
  meadows, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  bearing 
  traces 
  of 
  attempts 
  at 
  

   drainage 
  in 
  their 
  deep 
  straight 
  -cut 
  ditches, 
  lie 
  in 
  the 
  flat 
  valleys 
  

   of 
  the 
  streams, 
  while 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  llyn 
  or 
  pool, 
  sometimes 
  

   almost 
  choked 
  with 
  aquatic 
  vegetation, 
  sometimes 
  bare 
  as 
  a 
  

   mountain 
  tarn. 
  There 
  are 
  surely 
  few 
  counties 
  where 
  the 
  Night- 
  

   jar 
  is 
  so 
  abundant 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  Anglesea. 
  At 
  early 
  dawn 
  — 
  on 
  two 
  

   occasions 
  we 
  listened 
  to 
  the 
  bird 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  after 
  3 
  a.m. 
  — 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  at 
  dusk, 
  the 
  churring 
  notes 
  are 
  heard 
  on 
  all 
  sides 
  where 
  

   there 
  is 
  rough 
  ground 
  ; 
  one 
  bird 
  we 
  saw 
  was 
  churring 
  from 
  

   the 
  ridge 
  of 
  a 
  tree-surrounded 
  house, 
  and 
  another 
  from 
  a 
  chim- 
  

   ney 
  top. 
  

  

  The 
  Lesser 
  Eedpoll 
  is 
  as 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  wooded 
  

   parts 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  Straits, 
  but 
  further 
  

   north 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  frequent. 
  On 
  June 
  4th 
  a 
  nest 
  at 
  Lligwy 
  

   contained 
  five 
  eggs, 
  but 
  another 
  nest, 
  near 
  Llanfechell, 
  was 
  un- 
  

   finished 
  on 
  June 
  8th. 
  Both 
  these 
  nests 
  lacked 
  the 
  usual 
  founda- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  twigs, 
  being 
  constructed 
  externally 
  of 
  dried 
  bents 
  and 
  a 
  

   little 
  wool. 
  On 
  June 
  11th 
  we 
  saw 
  young 
  Redpolls 
  on 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  We 
  met 
  with 
  the 
  Whinchat 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  new 
  localities 
  ; 
  on 
  May 
  

   25th 
  we 
  heard 
  a 
  male 
  singing 
  at 
  Llanallgo, 
  and 
  two 
  days 
  later 
  

   one 
  in 
  the 
  big 
  bog, 
  Cors-y-Bol. 
  On 
  the 
  30th 
  we 
  flushed 
  a 
  female 
  

   from 
  some 
  thick 
  gorse 
  at 
  Lligwy, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  nest. 
  We 
  

   saw 
  none 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  coast, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  three 
  pairs 
  on 
  the 
  

   marsh 
  where 
  the 
  Cefni 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  the 
  Holyhead 
  Road, 
  the 
  

  

  