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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  ORNITHOLOGICAL 
  NOTES 
  FROM 
  MID-WALES. 
  

  

  By 
  Professor 
  J. 
  H. 
  Salter, 
  University 
  College, 
  Aberystwith. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  notes 
  form 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  a 
  series, 
  referring 
  

   chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Aberystwith, 
  which 
  has 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  at 
  intervals 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  ten 
  years. 
  

  

  1902. 
  

  

  January 
  1th. 
  — 
  An 
  unusually 
  large 
  flock 
  of 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  

   hundred 
  Redwings. 
  Owing 
  to 
  absence 
  of 
  snow, 
  scarcely 
  any 
  

   Fieldfares 
  seen 
  this 
  winter. 
  

  

  28th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  E. 
  M. 
  Edwards, 
  of 
  Dolgelley, 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  

   Black 
  Game 
  are 
  upon 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  that 
  neighbourhood. 
  A 
  

   Grey 
  Hen 
  reared 
  a 
  brood 
  upon 
  Cader 
  Idris 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1901. 
  

  

  February 
  9th. 
  — 
  Two 
  Tree-Sparrows 
  again 
  at 
  the 
  stackyard 
  

   where 
  I 
  first 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  previously 
  

   been 
  recorded 
  for 
  Cardiganshire 
  (Zool. 
  1902, 
  p. 
  25). 
  With 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  in 
  North 
  Wales, 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  

   Forrest 
  writes: 
  — 
  " 
  Last 
  May 
  I 
  identified 
  the 
  Tree-Sparrow 
  — 
  quite 
  

   a 
  little 
  colony 
  of 
  them 
  — 
  at 
  Llanrwst. 
  It 
  also 
  occurs 
  at 
  Conway, 
  

   Colwyn 
  Bay, 
  St. 
  Asaph, 
  and 
  in 
  Anglesea, 
  along 
  the 
  Shropshire 
  

   border 
  of 
  Montgomeryshire, 
  as 
  also 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  Denbighshire." 
  

   As 
  regards 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Whitethroat, 
  Mr. 
  Forrest 
  states 
  that 
  

   " 
  this 
  bird 
  is 
  more 
  plentiful 
  in 
  Montgomeryshire 
  than 
  elsewhere 
  

   in 
  North 
  Wales, 
  particularly 
  along 
  the 
  Severn 
  Valley 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  

   as 
  Newtown. 
  It 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  several 
  parts 
  of 
  Flint 
  and 
  

   Denbigh, 
  though 
  local 
  and 
  nowhere 
  numerous. 
  Capt. 
  Swainson 
  

   heard 
  it 
  in 
  July, 
  1895, 
  at 
  Llanidloes. 
  Its 
  numbers 
  vary 
  im- 
  

   mensely 
  in 
  different 
  years 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  specially 
  numerous 
  in 
  1895 
  

   and 
  in 
  1901." 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  S. 
  Davenport 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  found 
  this 
  

   species 
  quite 
  abundant 
  last 
  May 
  at 
  Llanuwchllyn, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Bala 
  Lake. 
  Six 
  pairs 
  were 
  nesting 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  village. 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Feilden 
  writes 
  of 
  having 
  seen 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  about 
  

   thirty 
  Curlew- 
  Sandpipers 
  on 
  the 
  golf-links 
  at 
  Borth. 
  

  

  