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are obliged to give it up, but at the same time we determine to 
come here again and search further. 
When we are down in the valley our attention is drawn by a 
mewing cry, and on looking up we see a Buzzard sailing grace- 
fully along with motionless wings. Suddenly it throws itself 
forwards, and with wings drawn back it cleaves downwards 
through the air to earth. It seems exactly as if it was going to 
dash against the ground, but, no! for when it is but a few yards 
above it, it spreads its wings and tail out again, and then glides 
for about two hundred yards, rising once more to join another 
Buzzard that has appeared on the scene. 
23rd.—To-day we walk along the bank of the Ogwen River, 
and see a Grey Wagtail and a few Dippers, but we do not find a 
nest of the latter species built as is usual against a part of 
a bridge across the river. In a plantation of small firs a 
Thrush’s and a Blackbird’s nest are found, both containing 
three eggs. 
27th.—Permission having been obtained, we to-day spend the 
afternoon in Penrhyn Park. Taking ourselves to a corner of the 
park where there is a heronry, we are, on arriving there, greatly 
disappointed to see only a few nests, whereas last year there 
were more than adozen. Of the few nests only two seem to be 
inhabited, for on our approach a Heron gets up from each, and 
these are built at the top of two exceedingly tall trees. Owing 
to the thickness of them both, and the scarcity of branches near 
to the base, we are unable to climb up and ascertain the contents 
of the nests. From the wall which bounds the park on the 
Menai Straits side we can see a few Redshanks wading in the 
mud by the Weir. 
31st.—-When out for a short walk about half a dozen Gold- 
finches are observed in a field. 
The afternoon of April 8rd finds us soe to Penmon, 
Anglesey. On the way we dismount, and, leaving our bicycles 
by the roadside, go into the adjacent wood to inspect a hole 
in an oak-tree, where we have been told a Tawny Owl nests 
annually. On climbing up to the hole a faint scrambling noise 
is heard inside, and presently two blue eyes peer out, and then 
the Owl wholly emerges and flies noiselessly away. A hand 
lowered down into the nesting-hole secures three eggs. These, 
