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Anglesey, a hilly district, where last year a pair of Buzzards bred. 

 We only saw one Buzzard, which was sailing high up above us, 

 mewing at times, but it soon disappeared from our view behind one 

 of the hills. Although the old eyrie had been repaired, the birds 

 never used it, but they brought off another brood somewhere in the 

 same district, as, during a period of three weeks of our visiting the 

 place, we only saw one of the birds, and then we noticed the pair 

 together again, from which we concluded that one had been engaged 

 in incubating. On Good Friday, my friends had the good fortune of 

 seeing six Buzzards together in the air, and they said that it was 

 wonderful to see them sailing and swooping after one another. 

 Also, whilst sitting down on the mountain side, partaking of lunch, 

 they watched a pair of Choughs feeding, and by the aid of a mono- 

 cular they could easily distinguish their red beaks and legs. A 

 Eaven's nest containing two eggs was found, and a pair of Peregrine 

 Falcons were seen near to Llyn D., on Easter Monday. Going 

 up the Ogwen Eiver on April 9th, we saw some Dippers and a pair 

 of Grey Wagtails, and amongst some climbing plant growing on a 

 young silver birch was a Long-tailed Tits' nest with five eggs. 

 On April 15th the first arrival of the Swallow was noticed here. 

 Some Bullfinches, Chiffchaffs, two pairs of Grey Wagtails and a 

 Kingfisher were amongst some of the birds seen on the 17th on the 

 Cegin River. This latter bird bred in one of the banks of this river 

 last year, but, during the winter the bank was washed away, so we 

 did not come across their nesting-hole this season. There are two 

 Heronries close by this town (Bangor), which are flourishing on 

 account of their being well protected, and towards the end of March 

 the nests at one of them had eggs in, while some contained young. 

 Castle Eock in Eed Wharfe Bay, Anglesey, is a home of the Stock- 

 Dove, and here on April 24th many eggs were seen laid in the rabbit 

 holes, and in some cases in crevices. Near to the Tubular Bridge 

 which spans the Menai Straits young Peewits were seen in a field, 

 and at the woods there were some Carrion-Crows and a Kestrel. 

 Just by the bridge, hearing a peculiar noise, we tried to locate it, 

 and found that it was uttered by Guillemots, which had flown on 

 to a stone ledge at the top of the bridge at a great height above 

 the water. Here I may mention that my friends at Conway found a 

 nest of a Long-eared Owl with three young birds, as well as nests 

 containing eggs of Carrion-Crows, Magpies, and Eedshanks. Aber 

 is visited on May 4th, and in a hole in a tree are found two fully- 

 fledged young of the Tawny Owl, while the parent bird itself, which 



