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Long-tailed Tit. — I saw a pair apparently breeding near Bodfean 

 Church on the 24th May. Mr. Caton Haigh tells me it is common in 

 the plantations and gardens at Broom Hall, east of Pwllheli. 



Kingfisher. — Mr. S. G. Cummings kindly tells me he saw a pair 

 at Edeyrn in August, 1901. 



Barn-Owl. — This bird was well described to me as haunting the 

 cliffs about Porth Mendwy and the Bird Rock, where it is said to breed. 

 An amusing description of it was given by one man, who began by 

 saying there was a bird with a face like a cat. 



Long-eared Owl. — Mr. Caton Haigh tells me that he has seen a 

 good many in the fir-plantations and park at Broom Hall. 



Snow-Bunting. — Mr. Caton Haigh has only seen one in the district, 

 viz. a bird in immature dress, which flew in at a window in Broom 

 Hall, and was kept alive for some time. 



Quail. — Mr. Caton Haigh has only once met with it in Lleyn, viz. 

 a single bird in a turnip-field at Broom Hall in September, 1900 ; but 

 Mr. C. Lloyd-Edwards, of Nanhoran, told him that it had often been 

 shot on his land. 



Rock-Dove. — The Welsh name given to me for this bird is 

 " Yscythau " (the Ring-Dove being "Colomen y coed"). Well known 

 to one of my informants, who took eggs this year. I searched the 

 locality with him between Porth Mendwy and Pen y Cil, on the 28th 

 May. We saw some Pigeons flying out of the cliffs, but they all 

 had blue backs. My companion, however, insisted that there were 

 some with white on their backs ; and presently I had a good view of 

 what were, as far as appearance went, a pair of genuine Rock-Doves. 

 I saw five small blue Pigeons at Bird Rock, but they flew directly over- 

 head, and I could see only their under parts. 



Grey Plover. — Mr. Caton Haigh writes that it is often to be seen 

 on the shore at Afon Wen in winter. 



Sanderling. — I saw two on the shore east of Pwllheli on the 21st 

 May, 1902 ; they were immature birds in partial summer dress, with 

 white under parts. 



Bar-tailed Godwit. — I saw two immature birds on the shore west 

 of Pwllheli on the 26th May, 1902. 



Turnstone. — One on the shore east of Pwllheli on the 21st May, 

 1902, and eight on St. Tudwal's Island on the 29th, — all in immature 

 dress. 



Woodcock. — Plentiful at Aberdaron and on Bardsey Island in very 

 severe winters. About the middle of March, 1903, Mr. Caton Haigh, 

 when fox-hunting, put up a good many at Llanbedrog and on Carn 

 Madryn, which were probably on migration. 



