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resembled small light-bellied Dunlins, their actions were far 

 more like those of the Sanderling than the Dunlin. 



Sanderling. — Sanderlings were less abundant in April than 

 in May. On April 15th I saw a single bird with a small party of 

 Kinged Plovers and Dunlins, and once or twice thought that I 

 detected others amongst distant flocks of Waders. On May 21st 

 there were three with one flock ; but on the 29th Mr. Aplin and 

 I saw a party of perhaps a dozen resting on the sand at the 

 mouth of the river, and Messrs. Oldham and Cummings came 

 across two other flocks numbering about thirty birds each. On 

 the 31st we saw many with Ringed Plovers and Dunlins in the 

 Malldraeth Estuary. 



Common Sandpiper. — The Common Sandpiper reached PJios 

 Neigr on April 17th. I saw five on that date, and later met 

 with birds on all the llyns and streams. I did not notice any 

 passing birds on the beach. 



Corn-Crake. — The first Corn-Crake I heard was calling on 

 Holyhead Mountain on April 26th, and birds reached Rhos Neigr 

 about four days later. The Corn-Crake was generally distributed 

 and abundant after the rush on May 2nd. 



Whimbrel. — The Whimbrel arrived in the third week of 

 April. I saw one bird within a few yards of the wall of the 

 Holyhead Pioad where it crosses the Strait between Anglesea and 

 Holy Island on April 19th. After this I met with odd birds or 

 parties, both inland and on the coast, throughout April and 

 May. On May 4th one flock numbered ten birds, and later I 

 saw two, both inland, which contained seventeen each. There 

 were Whimbrel still about at the beginning of June. 



Little Tern. — I did not notice any Little Terns until May 

 6th, but from then until the 12th, when a number came in and 

 took possession of their usual shingle beach for nesting purposes, 

 there were always one or two about the beach. 



Common and Arctic Tern. — Birds of one or the other species 

 were about by May 17th. One which I picked up, its head 

 having been ripped off, probably by a Peregrine, was an Arctic. 



Kittiwake.— On April 21st there were a number of mature 

 and immature Kittiwakes on the beach at Aberffraw, at the 

 estuary of the Ffraw'. 



Puffin. — The Puffins at the South Stack were not much in 



