﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIRDS 
  OF 
  ANGLE 
  SEA. 
  21 
  

  

  well 
  distributed 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  plentiful 
  ; 
  the 
  Bullfinch 
  is 
  common 
  

   in 
  the 
  east, 
  but 
  rare 
  further 
  north. 
  Mr. 
  Cummings 
  saw 
  a 
  single 
  

   pair 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  between 
  Llys 
  Dulas 
  and 
  Point 
  Lynas. 
  The 
  

   Yellow 
  Bunting 
  and 
  Corn-Bunting 
  occur 
  generally, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   being 
  commonest 
  near 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  We 
  did 
  not 
  meet 
  with 
  the 
  Jay, 
  but 
  we 
  found 
  the 
  Magpie 
  

   nesting 
  near 
  Llanerchymedd, 
  Rhosbeirio, 
  and 
  at 
  Cors 
  Ddraenog. 
  

   We 
  saw 
  birds 
  at 
  Parciau, 
  Marianglas, 
  Llys 
  Dulas, 
  City 
  Dulas, 
  

   Cemmaes, 
  Carrnel, 
  Llanfairynghornwy, 
  Llanfechell, 
  and 
  Bhos 
  

   Goch. 
  The 
  sycamores 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  

   farms 
  are 
  occupied 
  by 
  Rooks 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  rookeries 
  being 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  size. 
  

  

  The 
  Green 
  Woodpecker 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   woods 
  ; 
  we 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  at 
  Dulas, 
  Llanallgo, 
  Parciau, 
  and 
  Pen- 
  

   traeth. 
  In 
  Lligwy 
  Woods 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  nesting-hole 
  in 
  a 
  beech 
  

   not 
  three 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  Cuckoo 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  all 
  

   parts. 
  

  

  We 
  heard 
  the 
  Barn-Owl 
  nightly 
  at 
  Lligwy 
  and 
  Marianglas, 
  

   and 
  on 
  May 
  31st 
  we 
  saw 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  at 
  mid-day 
  at 
  Cors 
  

   Ddraenog. 
  In 
  October, 
  1901, 
  we 
  saw 
  this 
  species 
  at 
  Cors 
  

   Bodwrog, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Cummings 
  has 
  known 
  it 
  to 
  nest 
  near 
  Cem- 
  

   maes. 
  The 
  gamekeepers 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Tawny 
  Owl 
  occurs 
  at 
  

   Parciau, 
  Lligwy, 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  ; 
  and 
  judging 
  from 
  

   the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  at 
  

   Penmon, 
  this 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  case. 
  This 
  species, 
  however, 
  is 
  

   silent 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  beginning 
  of 
  June, 
  so 
  that 
  we 
  

   were 
  unable 
  to 
  verify 
  the 
  statements. 
  We 
  saw 
  one 
  bird 
  in 
  a 
  

   Pheasant-covert 
  at 
  Bodffordd 
  on 
  June 
  2nd, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  13th, 
  a 
  

   young 
  bird, 
  just 
  able 
  to 
  fly, 
  in 
  some 
  sycamores 
  at 
  Llanidan, 
  on 
  

   the 
  Straits. 
  Our 
  attention 
  was 
  directed 
  to 
  this 
  bird 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   motion 
  among 
  the 
  Blackbirds 
  and 
  Chaffinches. 
  

  

  The 
  Sparrow-Hawk 
  nests 
  at 
  Tyn-y-gongl 
  ; 
  a 
  female 
  flew 
  

   from 
  a 
  nest, 
  containing 
  six 
  much 
  incubated 
  eggs, 
  in 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  

   spruce, 
  on 
  May 
  30th. 
  In 
  an 
  adjoining 
  tree 
  was 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  a 
  

   previous 
  year. 
  We 
  saw 
  another 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  district 
  — 
  

   at 
  Llanidan 
  — 
  on 
  June 
  13th. 
  

  

  Pheasants 
  are 
  hand-reared 
  at 
  Parciau, 
  Llys 
  Dulas, 
  and 
  else- 
  

   where, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  preservation 
  ; 
  we 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  

   birds 
  near 
  Llanbadrig. 
  The 
  country 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  good 
  one 
  for 
  

  

  