WINTER NOTES FROM LLEYN. 49 



Pwllheli niorfa, and there on the 13th — a spring-like morning — 

 I heard them singing for the first time. 



Eeed-Bunting.— Some (three or four together once) about 

 the little farmsteads on Cilan headland ; and on the 10th others 

 about inland farms. Seen on four or five days in such places, 

 or in the marshes. 



Corn-Bunting. — One heard, not seen, in song near Pwllheli 

 on the 2nd was the only evidence of the presence of this bird, so 

 common in summer. 



Yellow Bunting. — Only noted on four days ; a few only to 

 be seen inland, but not nearly so many as in summer. 



Chaffinch. — Quite common. A flock of about thirty feeding 

 on the ground between Bodfean and Nevin on Jan. 31st were 

 nearly all old males. Two tried to sing on the 10th, and on 

 the 13th one was singing at Pwllheli. I expected to hear it 

 earlier. 



House- Sparrow. — One misses the familiar flocks about the 

 fields. 



Greenfinch. — Only one seen. 



Goldfinch. — A party of half a dozen in a tree near Broom 

 Hall on the 4th ; one sang, but poorly. 



Linnet. — Strangely scarce. One or two about gorse at 

 Aberdaron on the 9th, one near Pwllheli on the 10th, and one 

 on Llanbedrog Head on the 11th. 



Bullfinch. — One seen at Pont Bhyd Hir Mill. 



Starling — Seen daily, often in flocks. Those that I heard 

 in the early mornings managed the sweet tremulous trill — the 

 " kly-yike " and the " coor-lee " of the Curlews — all fairly well. 



Chough. — Met with in two of their old haunts. They have a 

 habit of flirting up their tails and tips of their wings as they call 

 " k'chare " or " kare " (very harsh and far sounding) ; the wings 

 are slightly opened, and flipped up at the tips. This was done 

 by a bird as it sat on a rock preening its feathers and wiping its 

 bill after feeding ; and possibly a little suspicious of me in the 

 distance. 



Kaven. — I spent a pleasant hour with a pair on Feb. 9th, by 

 which date they were evidently thinking about nesting, if they 

 had not already begun. Soon after we got to the place we saw 

 one sailing about, and directly after both birds were in sight. 



