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West of Pwllheli we have Llanbedrog Point, Trwyn yr Wylfa, 

 Trwyn Cilan (or Penkilan Head), Mynydd Penarfynydd, Trwyn 

 y Penrhyn, Pen y Gil, Mynydd Mawr, from which one looks 

 across to Ynys Enlli, or Bardsey Island, and across to Ireland in 

 clear weather ; while on the northward shore are Braich Anne- 

 log, Penrhyn Mawr, Penrhyn Golrnan, Dinlleyn Point, Penrhyn 

 Glas, and many minor points. On some of these headlands the 

 graceful buoyant flight, with airy curves, of the Chough may 

 still, though rarely, be admired ; but the bird is getting very 

 scarce, and it is seldom that one gets a chance of watching a pair 

 feeding on a broken cliff or hillside, with their quick walk and 

 hops, poking their bills into the earth and under the stones. We 

 have few more beautiful birds on our list than the Chough, with 

 its glossy purple plumage and elegant form. Choughs sometimes 

 join Rooks and Jackdaws when feeding, but, as they rise together, 

 their more highly pitched note, clearer and more melodious, as 

 well as their widely separated pinions (upturned at the tips), 

 looking like a fringe of feathers, at once distinguishes the 

 Choughs, even at a considerable distance. They certainly do 

 cry "k'chouf " sometimes, but their more usual cry is a clear 

 ringing " k'chare." Another note, uttered on the wing, is 

 " k'queue." I heard also some weak "kares" from five birds 

 flying together (perhaps a family party), which were possibly the 

 cries of the young birds. It is probable that upon observations 

 made in Lleyn was founded the statement in Willughby's 

 1 Ornithology ' and Ray's ' Synopsis,' that the Chough was found 

 not only in Cornwall, but also in Wales. It is certain that one 

 of these authors (I think, Ray) penetrated Lleyn as far as Aber- 

 daron, for they mention seeing there a Starling with a black head 

 and the rest of the body white. It is at first surprising to meet 

 with the name of Aberdaron in this early work on birds ; for it is 

 now perhaps as remote as any village in Wales, and it entails a 

 drive of seventeen miles from the nearest railway station before 

 you sight its housetops, its low Norman church, and its tiny bay, 

 below a hill so steep and stony as to try the surefootedness of one 

 of Lleyn's own horses. But Aberdaron was probably much better 

 known in the days when Ynys Enlli was still accounted a holy 

 isle. The Starling is numerous, but I only once noticed Jays ; 

 and Mr. Coward's experience is the same. Magpies are common. 



