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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  in 
  some 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  (Zool. 
  1903, 
  

   p. 
  106). 
  

  

  June 
  5th. 
  — 
  Amongst 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Black-backed 
  Gulls, 
  at 
  their 
  

   colony 
  upon 
  the 
  Teifi 
  Bog, 
  observed 
  an 
  adult 
  Herring-Gull. 
  

   This 
  confirms 
  the 
  truth 
  of 
  a 
  statement 
  made 
  to 
  me 
  some 
  years 
  

   ago 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  L. 
  aryentatus 
  nest 
  here 
  

   with 
  the 
  more 
  numerous 
  L. 
  fuscus. 
  

  

  23rd. 
  — 
  Noted 
  that 
  young 
  Garden-Warblers, 
  when 
  alarmed, 
  

   drop 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  and 
  hide 
  in 
  the 
  undergrowth 
  long 
  before 
  

   they 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  fly. 
  

  

  July 
  2nd. 
  — 
  Mistle-Thrushes 
  already 
  flocking. 
  

  

  5th. 
  — 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Choughs 
  near 
  the 
  Monk's 
  Cave. 
  

  

  dtli.— 
  Numerous 
  well-fledged 
  young 
  Herring-Gulls 
  upon 
  the 
  

   nesting-ledges. 
  About 
  fifty 
  Guillemots 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Great 
  

   Black-backs 
  breeding 
  at 
  New 
  Quay 
  Head. 
  Visited 
  a 
  breeding 
  

   station 
  of 
  the 
  Cormorant. 
  The 
  nests 
  and 
  vicinity 
  were 
  populous 
  

   with 
  young 
  birds, 
  fully 
  fledged, 
  and 
  just 
  ready 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  

   ledges. 
  Some 
  of 
  them, 
  becoming 
  nervous, 
  took 
  flight, 
  but 
  first 
  

   lightened 
  ship, 
  throwing 
  up 
  their 
  last 
  meal 
  of 
  partly-digested 
  

   fish, 
  in 
  pieces 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  Sprats. 
  An 
  old 
  Cormorant 
  came 
  

   in 
  to 
  feed 
  its 
  brood. 
  With 
  head 
  down, 
  wide-open 
  beak, 
  and 
  

   quivering 
  wings, 
  it 
  was 
  surrounded 
  by 
  its 
  scuffling, 
  fluttering 
  

   young, 
  which 
  put 
  their 
  heads 
  one 
  by 
  one 
  into 
  its 
  mouth 
  and 
  

   seized 
  the 
  savoury 
  morsels 
  from 
  its 
  pouch. 
  

  

  22nd. 
  — 
  Starlings 
  now 
  distributed 
  in 
  flocks 
  over 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  flanking 
  parties 
  of 
  Mistle-Thrushes. 
  

  

  September 
  2ith. 
  — 
  Chiffchaff 
  sang. 
  

  

  26th 
  — 
  Stonechat 
  singing 
  and 
  " 
  chacking," 
  as 
  in 
  spring. 
  

  

  November 
  2nd. 
  — 
  Cirl-Bunting 
  singing. 
  

  

  14i/i. 
  — 
  House- 
  Sparrows 
  hawking 
  gnats. 
  

  

  December 
  12th. 
  — 
  A 
  Black 
  Redstart 
  by 
  the 
  College. 
  

  

  1903. 
  

  

  January 
  15th. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  taxidermist's, 
  saw 
  the 
  Norfolk 
  Plover 
  

   which 
  was 
  obtained 
  near 
  Towyn 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  inst. 
  (see 
  note 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Forrest 
  (Zool. 
  1903, 
  p. 
  154)). 
  Only 
  one 
  Bittern 
  

   received 
  this 
  winter 
  so 
  far. 
  

  

  February 
  11th. 
  — 
  Saw 
  a 
  Dotterel, 
  apparently 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  