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saw it near Llanynghenedl, at Llangwyfan, and near Carmel 

 Head. In September, 1904, Mr. Cummings met with it near 

 Llyn Traphwll, and on the bog below Llangwyfan-isaf. We 

 again failed to find the Jay. The Cuckoo is fairly plentiful ; 

 one on June 3rd was already " changing tune." The Whinchat 

 is rare ; there were three or four pairs in the isolated part of the 

 big bog Gors-y-bol, which is drained by a tributary of the Alaw, 

 and a pair in a bog near Ty Croes Station. Mr. Cummings saw 

 a pair on a bog near Holyhead in May, 1893. The Eeed- 

 Bunting is not uncommon in the bogs and round the llyns. The 

 Ring-Dove is plentiful, but the Turtle-Dove apparently only 

 occurs on migration ; on May 8th, 1893, Dr. W. H. Dobie 

 and Mr. Cummings saw two a mile or so to the south of Holy- 

 head. 



The Barn-Owl occurs sparingly ; in July, 1884, we saw one in 

 Llanfaelog village, and in 1886, and June, 1897, we several times 

 disturbed one from its roost in the ivy at Trecastell Bay. Some 

 castings lay on the beach below the roost, and one of them con- 

 tained the skull of a Dunlin. The examination of another batch 

 of these pellets enabled us to add the Lesser Shrew to the Angle- 

 sea fauna (Zool. 1897, p. 327). 



The White Wagtail occurs as a spring and autumn migrant ; 

 Dr. W. H. Dobie saw many between April 28th and May 2nd, 

 1894, in the neighbourhood of Bhos Neigr (Zool. 1894, p. 227), 

 and Mr. Cummings has also seen them on this coast — near 

 Porth Dafarch on May 13th, 1894, and near Porth Nobla on 

 May 23rd, 1901. 



It is unnecessary to more than mention such common species 

 as the Eook, Eobin, Meadow-Pipit, and Sky-Lark, but the Pied 

 Wagtail, though frequently met with, is not so abundant as else- 

 where in the island. The Grey Wagtail is absent from this part 

 of Anglesea in the breeding season, but Mr. Cummings met with 

 it at Caethle and Llangwyfan on Sept. 29th, 1904. 



Western Anglesea lacks cover for Pheasants, but the bird is 

 reared at Penrhos and elsewhere ; a few wild birds are to be met 

 with amongst the brambles which clothe the slopes above the 

 cliffs in many places. The Partridge, on the other hand, is 

 abundant. On the afternoon of June 5th — -a hot day — we 

 listened for some time to the liquid " whit, whit, whit " of a 



