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cliff was in ledges ; it was near the top. of the cliff, in a little hollow. 

 The other, which, contained three eggs on the 19th May, was on a little 

 ledge on a sloping buttress of rock, not far down, at an elbow in the 

 cliffs. The male Merlin sits on the eggs, as was proved in another 

 part of Wales. 



Peregrine Falcon. — I visited a breeding pair which had an eyrie 

 in an inaccessible place — a squarish hollow or cave, with sheer rock- 

 face below, and overhanging rock above. There was a good growth of 

 rich green grass. at the mouth of the cave, and two big stones which 

 made it more difficult to see in. The young appeared to be hatched. 

 I also knew of another eyrie with young. 



Sparrow-Hawk. — Not common. Mr. Curnmings saw one on several 

 occasions at Edeyrn in August, 190.1. Mr. Caton Haighhas often seen 

 it in the woods at Broom Hall, but remarks that it is not so common 

 as in most parts of England. He noticed several coming in to roost in 

 the woods at Nanhoran about the middle of March, 1903. 



Stock-Dove. — Several about the Bodfean Woods. I had in the 

 previous year seen it inland between Sarn and Abersoch. 



Ring-Dove. — This is much more abundant than I had supposed. 

 It is very numerous about Bodfean. Here at the foot of the Cam are 

 the tallest trees (conifers, &c.) I have seen in Lleyn ; tall trees also 

 grow in the humid belt of woodland which follows the course of a 

 streamlet there, where laurels and rhododendrons grow to a great 

 size. Numbers of Ring-Doves, too, are to be seen at Nanhoran, and 

 again east of Pwllheli, in the neighbourhood of Broom Hall. I noticed 

 a good many up one of the little valleys running inland from Aber- 

 daron, where I saw ten flying together in May. 



Red Grouse. — (Iar Mynydd). About four or five years ago, in very 

 hard weather, I am told that some hundreds of Grouse came to Rhiw, 

 and many of them went on to Bardsey. From the latter they soon 

 disappeared, but some stayed on Rhiw and bred, and a few are said to 

 do so still (1902). They were doubtless driven off the high Carnarvon- 

 shire mountains by deep snow. 



Common Sandpiper. — Mr. Curnmings saw a pair near Porth Caered, 

 19th to 28th June, 1901. I have no doubt that the birds breed in 

 Lleyn, although the eggs have not yet been found. 



Snipe. — I believe breeds in some marshy ground near Aberdaron, 

 where it is common in winter. In hard weather Snipes are trapped at 

 the springs on Bardsey. 



Common Tern. — Mr. Curnmings has seen them when Mackerel 

 fishing off Trevor, 7th September, 1895 — no doubt birds from Angle- 

 sey. I have often wondered why this bird and the Arctic Tern do not 

 breed in Lleyn. 



