﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIRDS 
  OF 
  ANGLE 
  SEA. 
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  side. 
  As 
  he 
  left 
  the 
  moor 
  the 
  old 
  bird 
  followed, 
  swooping 
  close 
  

   to 
  his 
  head 
  repeatedly 
  ; 
  indeed, 
  he 
  several 
  times 
  expected 
  to 
  be 
  

   struck. 
  So 
  ferocious 
  and 
  persistent 
  were 
  these 
  attacks, 
  when 
  

   Mr. 
  Cunimings 
  had 
  the 
  young 
  bird 
  in 
  his 
  hand, 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  glad 
  

   to 
  take 
  shelter 
  under 
  a 
  tree. 
  The 
  adult 
  Owl 
  did 
  not 
  strike 
  its 
  

   wings 
  together 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  it 
  had 
  done 
  on 
  

   previous 
  days. 
  

  

  The 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  Short 
  -eared 
  Owl 
  is 
  similar 
  in 
  

   many 
  respects 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  adult, 
  but 
  is 
  somewhat 
  darker 
  ; 
  the 
  

   beak 
  is 
  lead-coloured, 
  and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  white 
  bristles, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  pronounced 
  crescent 
  -shaped 
  white 
  rim 
  above 
  the 
  eye, 
  

   near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  facial 
  disc. 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  almost 
  ready 
  to 
  

   fly, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  must 
  therefore 
  have 
  been 
  laid 
  early 
  in 
  April. 
  

   The 
  pellets 
  we 
  picked 
  up 
  were 
  composed 
  chiefly 
  of 
  Field 
  -Voles 
  

   and 
  Common 
  Shrews, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  also 
  remains 
  of 
  one 
  Water- 
  

   Shrew, 
  one 
  young 
  Brown 
  Eat, 
  a 
  few 
  "Wood-Mice, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  

   Warbler. 
  

  

  We 
  paid 
  a 
  flying 
  visit 
  to 
  Penmon 
  and 
  Puffin 
  Island. 
  The 
  

   Shag 
  at 
  Dinmor 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  noteworthy 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  

   birds 
  which 
  we 
  noted 
  in 
  1902. 
  On 
  May 
  29th 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  

   single 
  Puffin 
  on 
  the 
  island, 
  though 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  swimming 
  

   in 
  the 
  sea 
  with 
  Guillemots. 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  V. 
  Aplin's 
  experience 
  was 
  

   similar 
  on 
  May 
  21st 
  and 
  22nd 
  ; 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  undoubtedly 
  late 
  

   in 
  coming 
  to 
  land 
  in 
  this 
  cold 
  and 
  backward 
  spring. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  28th 
  a 
  Green 
  Woodpecker 
  flew 
  from 
  an 
  old 
  nesting- 
  

   hole 
  about 
  four 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground, 
  in 
  a 
  roadside 
  oak 
  at 
  

   Penmon. 
  The 
  old 
  cavity 
  had 
  been 
  deepened, 
  and 
  much 
  litter 
  of 
  

   rotten 
  wood 
  lay 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  Four 
  or 
  five 
  stones, 
  

   perhaps 
  dropped 
  in 
  by 
  passing 
  boys, 
  were 
  embedded 
  in 
  the 
  chips 
  

   at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  hole, 
  and 
  on 
  these 
  stones 
  was 
  a 
  single 
  fresh 
  

   egg. 
  Another 
  hole, 
  in 
  an 
  elder 
  in 
  the 
  park, 
  was 
  but 
  three 
  feet 
  

   from 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  When 
  Mr. 
  Aplin 
  visited 
  Penmon 
  on 
  May 
  21st, 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  

   Purple 
  Sandpiper, 
  feeding 
  with 
  customary 
  tameness 
  on 
  the 
  rocks 
  

   below 
  the 
  lighthouse 
  buildings 
  ; 
  he 
  noticed 
  a 
  Corn-Crake 
  on 
  

   Puffin 
  Island, 
  and 
  we 
  saw 
  the 
  Common 
  Whitethroat, 
  Linnet, 
  and 
  

   Piobin 
  there, 
  birds 
  which 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  We 
  spent 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  at 
  Newborough, 
  visiting 
  Malldraeth 
  

   Marsh 
  and 
  the 
  Warren. 
  Among 
  the 
  many 
  Sheld-Ducks, 
  feeding 
  

   on 
  the 
  sands 
  fringing 
  Malldraeth 
  Marsh, 
  on 
  June 
  12th, 
  were 
  a 
  

  

  