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saw a bird on the beach next morning. The flocks of Oyster- 

 catchers one sees in early June are probably non- breeders ; 

 there were fifteen together on the beach near Llanfwrog on 

 the 2nd, and three days later seventeen at Rhos Neigr. Lap- 

 wings had begun to pack by the 6th of June, though on the 

 7th we found newly-hatched young, and eggs on May 29th and 

 June 8th. 



We have not met with the Bar-tailed Godwit in spring, but 

 on Oct. 9th, 1901, we watched two feeding with Curlews in 

 Penrhos Bay. The Eev. M. C. H. Bird tells us that he has a 

 female Black-tailed Godwit which was shot near Rhos Neigr at 

 the end of May, 1886. At the end of September, 1904, Mr. Cum- 

 mings met with the Grey Plover on Cymmeran beach, and again 

 — a couple — at Porth Trecastell. The Gannet is occasionally 

 seen off the coast in the late summer ; in July, 1884, and 

 August, 1892, we saw twos in Cymmeran Bay. 



Inland, western Anglesea is, like the north, for the most part 

 treeless ; many woodland birds are rare or absent. At Penrhos 

 and at Carreg-lwyd, near Llanfaethlu, there are plantations, 

 mostly wind-blown ash and sycamore, whilst at Treiowerth near 

 Bodedern, and Llynon Hall near Llandeusant, there are woods 

 and belts of timber. Some of the churchyards, and the larger 

 farmhouses, such as Chwaen-wen, near Llantrisant, are sur- 

 rounded by shade-trees, but generally speaking the country is 

 bare. Rocky outcrops, gorse-covered wastes, bogs glorious with 

 flowers in spring, and llyns save it, however, from monotony. 

 Llewelyn's Wood, with its adjacent shrubberies and plantations 

 overlooking the Malldraeth Estuary, can hardly be reckoned as 

 Western Anglesea ; this district reminds one more of the east 

 side of the island. 



Warblers are, naturally, scarce in this treeless country ; 

 Llewelyn's Wood was the only locality where we met with the 

 Wood-Wren. We heard the Chiffchaff there, at Treiowerth and 

 Carreg-lwyd. Even the Willow- Wren, except in the woods, is 

 not common, though it is to be found wherever there are a few 

 trees. A Garden Warbler in full song at Treiowerth was the 

 only one we saw ; we heard the Blackcap there, at Penrhos, and 

 in many places in Llewelyn's Wood. The Goldcrest was noted 

 in this wood, at Treiowerth and Llynon. 



