﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIRDS 
  OF 
  ANGLE 
  SEA. 
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  spot 
  where 
  we 
  saw 
  the 
  bird 
  in 
  1902. 
  The 
  Eobin 
  and 
  Hedge- 
  

   Sparrow 
  are 
  plentiful 
  inland, 
  the 
  former 
  bird 
  even 
  breeding 
  in 
  

   wild 
  spots 
  far 
  away 
  from 
  houses. 
  The 
  Common 
  Whitethroat 
  is 
  

   everywhere 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Between 
  Eedwharf 
  Bay 
  and 
  Point 
  Lynas 
  the 
  Blackcap 
  is 
  

   thinly 
  distributed, 
  but 
  nowhere 
  so 
  numerous 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  along 
  the 
  

   Straits. 
  "We 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   Goldcrest 
  is 
  similar 
  ; 
  we 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  plantations 
  and 
  woods 
  in 
  

   the 
  east, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  more 
  inland 
  localities 
  near 
  Llangefni 
  

   and 
  Llanerchymedd. 
  Leaf-Warblers 
  are 
  practically 
  confined 
  to 
  

   the 
  wooded 
  east, 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  plantations 
  and 
  thickets 
  on 
  the 
  

   borders 
  of 
  the 
  streams. 
  The 
  only 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  where 
  we 
  

   heard 
  the 
  Chiff 
  chaff 
  was 
  at 
  Llanfairynghornwy, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   east 
  it 
  is 
  common. 
  The 
  Willow-Wren, 
  very 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  

   wooded 
  parts, 
  is 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  ; 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  its 
  distribution 
  

   may 
  be 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  on 
  June 
  6th, 
  when 
  walking 
  

   from 
  Cemmaes 
  to 
  Carmel 
  Head, 
  we 
  only 
  noticed 
  four 
  pairs. 
  

   Llys 
  Dulas 
  and 
  Lligwy 
  Woods 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  places 
  where 
  we 
  

   heard 
  the 
  Wood-Wren 
  ; 
  in 
  these 
  favourable 
  localities 
  it 
  is 
  

   common. 
  

  

  Llanfairynghornwy, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Garn 
  Mountain, 
  is 
  an 
  oasis; 
  

   fine 
  trees 
  grow 
  round 
  the 
  ancient 
  church 
  and 
  rectory, 
  attracting 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  -loving 
  birds 
  which 
  are 
  absent 
  from 
  the 
  bare 
  

   country 
  which 
  surrounds 
  the 
  village. 
  Here 
  a 
  Chiffchaff 
  was 
  

   singing 
  on 
  June 
  10th, 
  while 
  Chaffinches 
  and 
  Willow-Wrens 
  were 
  

   not 
  uncommon. 
  On 
  this 
  day 
  we 
  heard 
  the 
  notes 
  of 
  young 
  Gold- 
  

   finches, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  some 
  time 
  before 
  we 
  could 
  discover 
  the 
  little 
  

   birds 
  — 
  just 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  — 
  perched 
  amongst 
  the 
  luxuriant 
  

   foliage 
  of 
  the 
  sycamores. 
  This 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  only 
  place 
  where 
  we 
  

   saw 
  the 
  Goldfinch 
  ; 
  indeed, 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  Northern 
  

   and 
  Eastern 
  Anglesea. 
  At 
  Plas 
  Bodafon 
  we 
  heard 
  and 
  saw 
  three 
  

   or 
  four, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  several 
  at 
  Llys 
  Dulas, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  City 
  

   Dulas 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Lligwy 
  Woods. 
  In 
  a 
  small 
  clump 
  of 
  sycamores 
  

   — 
  trees 
  to 
  which 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  partial 
  — 
  near 
  Pentraeth, 
  and 
  in 
  

   another 
  spot 
  near 
  the 
  same 
  village, 
  at 
  Parciau 
  and 
  Marianglas, 
  

   we 
  met 
  with 
  pairs, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  coast, 
  at 
  Cemllyn 
  — 
  again 
  

   in 
  sycamores 
  — 
  we 
  saw 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  five. 
  

  

  A 
  Blue 
  Tit 
  was 
  feeding 
  young 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   church 
  at 
  Llanfairynghornwy, 
  while 
  another 
  hole 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  away 
  

  

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