WINTER NOTES FROM LLEYN. 103 



Heron. — Occasionally seen. 



Moorhen. — Very common. I saw perhaps a dozen in a day. 



Coot.— Numerous on the Afon Wen meres, where I counted 

 forty-one ; twenty or thirty on Llyn Glas fryn, and some seen 

 on the Afon Khyd Hir, and the lower reaches of the Afon 

 Erch. 



Wild Duck. — Seen in some numbers on various waters. One 

 on a little open pond near Mynydd Annelog, said to be a great 

 place for them in frosty weather. Wild Ducks, with Wigeon 

 and Teal, are fond of passing the day on the larger St. Tudwal's 

 Island, where they are seldom disturbed. 



Wigeon. — On Feb. 11th a lot of Ducks— from one hundred to 

 one hundred and fifty — were scattered over the shallows in 

 Llanbedrog Bay, under the headland. It was dead low water, 

 and the sea had gone a long way out, exposing pebbles and sand- 

 banks and low rocks. A great number of birds were collected 

 here, including Gulls and various Waders. All the Ducks that I 

 could make sure of with the glass were Wigeon, and the well- 

 known " whew-oo " often came up to me quite loud on the still 

 air. Some were evidently paired. I have already mentioned 

 some near Afon Wen, which I put up again from among 

 boulders further along the coast. I could make out some of 

 these pretty Ducks, so active on their feet, on the lower part of 

 the Afon Erch. 



Teal. — Seen on the Erch — a good bunch on one occasion. 

 Known as a winter visitor to Aberdaron. 



Pochard. — One good drake and one duck on Afon Wen mere. 



Tufted Duck. — One adult drake and a duck there ; also two 

 or three dull-coloured birds, probably of this species, but I could 

 not get near enough to be sure of them. 



Golden-eye. — One, a female from its size, there ; and one 

 in immature dress, diving with great energy on Llyn Glas fryn. 



Scoter. — A Scoter of some kind off Pwllheli on the 3rd, and 

 eight under Llanbedrog headland on the 11th. Described to me 

 as a winter visitor to the coast at Aberdaron. 



Great Northern Diver. — Mr. Caton Haigh writes word that 

 he saw one well up in Pwllheli Harbour about the middle of 

 March, 1903, and another under Llanbedrog Head. 



Pied-throated Diver.— I saw an adult in winter dress feeding 



