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I heard the Lesser Whitethroat singing at the old place between 

 Beaumaris and Penmon in June. 



Blackcap. — ■ The Blackcap had reached the woods which 

 border the Straits on May 3rd. Later I heard, several in the 

 woods at Llangefni and other places. 



Garden Warbler.— At Coed Cadw, near Llanfaes, a Garden 

 Warbler was singing on June 12th. This is a locality where we 

 have not heard the bird before. 



Goldcrest. — A Goldcrest was singing in the small plantation 

 at Plas Maelog, near Ehos Neigr, on April 14th. 



Chiffchaff. — Mr. Cummings heard the Chiffchaff at Cemllyn 

 Bay on March 21st, and on the 24th at Porth Wen ; neither of 

 these are localities where the bird would remain ; but on the 25th 

 he heard one in the trees at Llanfairynghornwy, where we have 

 heard the bird before — one of the few localities in Northern 

 Anglesea where it nests. 



Willow Wren. — The Willow Wren was heard at Abersoch, 

 in Carnarvonshire, on April 7th ; on the 10th it was seen by Mr. 

 Cummings near Chester, and on the 12th by Mr. L. Wilson 

 Boberts at Barmouth. On the morning of April 14th I heard 

 two singing in one of the few clumps of trees in bare Western 

 Anglesea. Next day I found it was plentiful inland, and by the 

 16th Mr. F. Brownsword informed me it was swarming at Old 

 Colwyn. Throughout the remainder of April Western Anglesea 

 was full of Willow Wrens, there being many in all places where 

 there are trees, and a few were in every hedge or fair-sized clump 

 of brambles ; there were certainly more than we have noticed 

 later in the season, when the passing birds have moved, and only 

 the nesting birds are left. Abundant though Willow Wrens were 

 in April, their numbers were insignificant compared with the 

 multitudes on May 2nd. On May 1st the wind (almost due S.) 

 sank to a gentle breeze, and next day it changed to N.W. When 

 I turned out on the morning of the 2nd, I found at once that 

 there had been a decided "rush" of migrants during the night ; 

 every bush, every hedge, every clump of brambles in the fields, 

 or patch which trails over the low turf walls, had one or more 

 Willow Wren in it. Many of these birds were singing, but the 

 majority were silently and busily feeding. I examined many with 

 my glasses, but failed to detect a single Chiffchaff amongst them, 



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