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  ON 
  THE 
  BIBDS 
  OF 
  ANGLE 
  SEA. 
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  singing 
  frequently, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  nest. 
  The 
  bird 
  sang 
  with 
  

   vigour 
  in 
  the 
  sultry 
  weather, 
  keeping 
  close 
  to 
  one 
  particular 
  

   spot. 
  On 
  three 
  different 
  days 
  we 
  both 
  saw 
  and 
  heard 
  it, 
  but 
  we 
  

   could 
  not 
  rouse 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  the 
  dense 
  jungle 
  of 
  brambles 
  and 
  

   hazel. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  25th 
  we 
  saw 
  a 
  Garden-Warbler 
  in 
  the 
  belt 
  of 
  trees. 
  

   The 
  bird 
  was 
  silent. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  we 
  saw 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  

   or 
  north-east. 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Garden-Warblers 
  were 
  nesting 
  in 
  a 
  

   bramble 
  near 
  Plas 
  Newydd 
  Park-gate, 
  at 
  the 
  spot 
  where 
  we 
  

   heard 
  the 
  bird 
  in 
  1902 
  ; 
  we 
  found 
  four 
  fresh 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  nest 
  on 
  

   June 
  13th. 
  

  

  Two 
  Grasshopper-Warblers 
  were 
  in 
  full 
  song 
  on 
  the 
  bog 
  in 
  

   the 
  broiling 
  heat 
  at 
  mid-day 
  on 
  May 
  24th, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  

   day 
  we 
  put 
  up 
  two 
  pairs, 
  and 
  heard 
  a 
  third 
  bird 
  singing 
  in 
  

   another 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bog. 
  The 
  Grasshopper 
  -Warbler 
  abounds 
  in 
  

   North-east 
  Anglesea, 
  in 
  bogs 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  mynyddau, 
  but 
  is 
  

   less 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  We 
  frequently 
  heard 
  the 
  bird, 
  both 
  

   in 
  the 
  daytime 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  evening, 
  near 
  Bedwharf 
  Bay, 
  

   Cemmaes, 
  Marianglas, 
  Llanerchymedd, 
  and 
  other 
  places. 
  One 
  

   near 
  Lligwy 
  Bay 
  was 
  reeling 
  in 
  a 
  willow-bush 
  about 
  9 
  p.m. 
  ; 
  it 
  

   stopped 
  when 
  we 
  approached, 
  but 
  when 
  the 
  bush 
  was 
  struck 
  

   with 
  a 
  walking-stick 
  burst 
  into 
  ear-piercing 
  song, 
  singing 
  again 
  

   and 
  again 
  while 
  we 
  stood 
  but 
  four 
  feet 
  away. 
  

  

  While 
  we 
  we 
  struggling 
  through 
  the 
  old 
  growth 
  of 
  ling 
  and 
  

   gorse 
  on 
  the 
  higher 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  bog, 
  stepping 
  from 
  one 
  great 
  

   clump 
  of 
  sedge 
  to 
  another, 
  or 
  wading 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  which 
  filled 
  

   the 
  hollows 
  between 
  them, 
  a 
  Short-eared 
  Owl 
  rose 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  us, 
  and 
  mounting 
  high 
  into 
  the 
  air, 
  sailed 
  above 
  our 
  

   heads 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  hour. 
  It 
  had 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  flapping, 
  

   reeling 
  flight 
  of 
  other 
  Owls, 
  but 
  sailed 
  on 
  its 
  long 
  narrow 
  

   rounded 
  wings 
  for 
  minutes 
  together 
  without 
  a 
  wing-beat. 
  The 
  

   strong 
  sunlight 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  primaries 
  and 
  secondaries 
  

   gave 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  broad 
  light 
  fringe 
  to 
  the 
  mantle. 
  While 
  

   it 
  swung 
  across 
  the 
  moor, 
  high 
  above 
  our 
  heads, 
  its 
  rounded 
  

   wings 
  and 
  long 
  tail 
  made 
  it 
  appear 
  more 
  like 
  some 
  huge 
  shark- 
  

   moth 
  outlined 
  against 
  the 
  sky 
  than 
  a 
  bird. 
  It 
  watched 
  us 
  con- 
  

   stantly, 
  both 
  while 
  we 
  beat 
  the 
  moor, 
  searching 
  for 
  its 
  nest, 
  and 
  

   when 
  we 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  ling 
  to 
  observe 
  its 
  actions 
  ; 
  it 
  moved 
  its 
  

   round-faced 
  head 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side, 
  and 
  frequently 
  uttered 
  a 
  

   fierce 
  barking 
  cry 
  — 
  whowk, 
  ichoivk. 
  Passing 
  birds 
  noticed 
  it 
  and 
  

  

  