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woodland birds, rare or unknown in the greater part of the 

 county. 



In this paper we have dealt only with the birds observed 

 during short visits in the spring of 1902 to the district lying 

 south-east of a line drawn from Redwharf Bay, through Pen- 

 traeth, along the Cefni valley to Malldraeth Bay. Later we hope 

 to treat of other portions of the island, comparing the different 

 faunal areas. 



From the shrubberies and plantations in the park at Baron 

 Hill, behind Beaumaris, a thin belt of deciduous trees — beech, 

 ash, oak, and sycamore — fringing the road, extends to the con- 

 fines of Plas Newydd. Here a well-timbered park, half a mile 

 to a mile in width, lies along the shores to Llanedwen, where 

 for two miles the country is sparsely wooded as far as Llanidan. 

 No one visiting these woods in Aprilr and May can fail to be 

 struck, as we were, with the abundance of the Chiffchaff, which 

 far outnumbers any other Warbler. Mingled with the rhythmic 

 notes of this bird were the " long, tender, delicious warble " 

 of the Willow-Wren, and the shivering trill of the Wood- 

 Wren. 



Of the Leaf- warblers, the Chiffchaff was undoubtedly the most 

 numerous ; though all were abundant, not only in the continuous 

 woodlands between Baron Hill and Plas Newydd, but in isolated 

 Pheasant-coverts further inland. In the woods, too, the Black- 

 cap and Goldcrest were very common, but we only met with the 

 Garden Warbler in one spot — near Llanfair P.G., where we 

 watched a male singing in a thicket on several occasions. The 

 Spotted Flycatcher was abundant, but we failed to find the Pied 

 Flycatcher, which is so common in the Conway Valley at 

 Bettws-y-Coed. The Redstart, in a district apparently admir- 

 ably suited to its habits, was very rare ; we only saw a single 

 bird — between Garth Ferry and Beaumaris. We did not see the 

 hen, but, as we often heard the male singing at this spot, we 

 concluded that she was sitting. 



Throughout the whole district the Wood-Pigeon was abun- 

 dant, being by no means confined to the woodlands. At Plas 

 Newydd, in mid-May, small parties of birds flew at our approach 

 from the beeches with clattering wings. They had been gorging 

 themselves in the tree-tops, and the ground beneath the trees 



