NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF ANGLESEA. 223 



Less dependent upon trees, the Common Wbitetbroat is 

 generally distributed and abundant, whilst the Sedge-Warbler is 

 everywhere. The Lesser Whitethroat appears to be absent from 

 Western Anglesea, but two were in song between Beaumaris and 

 Penmon on the south-east coast on May 18th. The country 

 seems to be admirably suited for the Grasshopper-Warbler, and, 

 considering its abundance in the north and north-east, its 

 scarcity in this district is remarkable ; we heard one reeling on 

 two occasions in a hedgerow at Ehos Neigr, and have met with 

 the bird in former years in that district ; elsewhere we sought 

 for it in vain. The Tree -Pipit and Redstart, rare everywhere in 

 the island, are apparently absent from the west, and we only met 

 with the Tree-Creeper at Treiowerth. 



The Blue Tit is not common ; a pair of Great Tits were 

 feeding newly-hatched young in a hole in a wall at Treiowerth, 

 and we watched another pair collecting food near Llyn Coron. 

 We did not meet with the Coal-Tit during the breeding season, 

 but we saw some with Blue Tits and Goldcrests at Llynon in 

 October, 1901. The Wren and Hedge-Sparrow are ubiquitous. 



The Spotted Flycatcher is restricted to wooded localities ; 

 in these few places it is not uncommon. The same remark 

 applies to the Green Woodpecker. The Greenfinch abounds, 

 but the Chaffinch is not plentiful, even near and in the woods. 

 We only saw the Bullfinch at Treiowerth and Llewelyn's Wood, 

 but the Goldfinch is not uncommon wherever there are woods. 

 The species affects the sycamores planted as shade-trees near 

 farmhouses ; we saw several at Penrhos, Treiowerth, Chwaen- 

 wen, and in Llewelyn's Wood ; and one on a piece of waste land 

 close to Holyhead. One afternoon we saw more than a dozen 

 old birds about the woods at Carreg-lwyd ; while we were looking 

 at some full-fledged young in a nest in a gorse-bush the old 

 birds called incessantly from a sycamore hard by, at the same 

 time jerking their rigid bodies from side to side as if they were 

 fixed on pivots. We had come to the conclusion that the range 

 of the Tree- Sparrow in Anglesea was limited to the neighbourhood 

 of Penmon Priory, where there is a large colony, and it was a 

 pleasant surprise to meet with the bird at Chwaen-wen, where 

 several pairs nest in the old trees ; we also saw two at Llynon 

 Hall, and one in the churchyard at Llanfugail. The House- 



