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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  May 
  2nd. 
  — 
  A 
  Hoopoe 
  at 
  the 
  taxidermist's, 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   obtained 
  at 
  Talybont. 
  

  

  9th.— 
  Met 
  with 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Whitethroat 
  in 
  Cardiganshire, 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  during 
  twelve 
  years' 
  residence 
  (Zool. 
  1903, 
  

   p. 
  22G). 
  

  

  11th. 
  — 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Ravens 
  skirmishing 
  with 
  Rooks 
  over 
  the 
  

   Penglais 
  Woods. 
  

  

  23rd. 
  — 
  A 
  Cuckoo 
  passed 
  over 
  calling 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  (see 
  dis- 
  

   cussion 
  in 
  Zool. 
  1894). 
  

  

  June 
  5th. 
  — 
  The 
  Lesser 
  Black-backed 
  Gulls 
  being 
  considered 
  

   destructive 
  to 
  game 
  upon 
  the 
  Teifi 
  Bog, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  resolved 
  to 
  

   expel 
  them. 
  The 
  keeper 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  about 
  130 
  eggs 
  had 
  

   been 
  gathered, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  more 
  destroyed. 
  It 
  is 
  doubtful 
  

   whether 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  young 
  were 
  brought 
  off. 
  Colonel 
  Fryer, 
  

   the 
  lessee 
  of 
  the 
  shooting, 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  point 
  in 
  their 
  

   favour 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  destroy 
  Adders. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  interesting 
  to 
  

   have 
  this 
  confirmed. 
  Cuckoo's 
  egg 
  in 
  a 
  Tree-Pipit's 
  nest. 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  About 
  a 
  dozen 
  pairs 
  of 
  Lesser 
  Terns 
  breeding 
  at 
  

   Ynyslas. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  nesting 
  site 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  

   Cardiganshire 
  coast. 
  

  

  August. 
  — 
  Goldfinches 
  have 
  greatly 
  increased 
  in 
  numbers 
  in 
  

   this 
  neighbourhood, 
  owing 
  to 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  mild 
  winters, 
  and 
  

   to 
  their 
  being 
  now 
  protected 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  29th. 
  — 
  Swift 
  last 
  seen. 
  

  

  31st. 
  — 
  Chaffinch's 
  imperfect 
  summer 
  song 
  ; 
  again 
  on 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  25th. 
  

  

  September 
  13th. 
  — 
  Had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  meeting 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Cam- 
  

   bridge 
  Phillips, 
  the 
  veteran 
  Breconshire 
  ornithologist. 
  Heard 
  

   details 
  of 
  a 
  recent 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  White-tailed 
  Eagle 
  at 
  

   Cantref, 
  near 
  Brecon, 
  and 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  Little 
  Bittern 
  at 
  Llan- 
  

   gorse 
  Lake. 
  Mr. 
  Phillips 
  showed 
  me 
  local 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hobby, 
  Great 
  Snipe, 
  and 
  Crossbill, 
  Spotted 
  Crakes 
  from 
  Onllwyn 
  

   Bog, 
  and 
  (of 
  still 
  greater 
  interest) 
  the 
  pair 
  of 
  Firecrests 
  referred 
  

   to 
  in 
  'The 
  Birds 
  of 
  Breconshire.' 
  

  

  16th. 
  — 
  Ring-Ouzels 
  at 
  the 
  rowan-berries. 
  Saw 
  a 
  fine 
  Falcon 
  

   (tiercel) 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  a 
  remote 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   Breconshire 
  border. 
  

  

  November 
  10th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  T. 
  Feilden, 
  of 
  Borth, 
  who 
  has 
  most 
  

   obligingly 
  furnished 
  me 
  with 
  notes 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years, 
  

  

  