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on being handled, at first give one the impression that they 
are the eggs of one of the hawk tribe, for they are profusely 
splashed with red. However, this is not due to there being a 
pigment present in the shell, for on wetting it quickly dis- 
appears, leaving a pure white surface. This colouring matter 
we find is the result of the eggs having been rolled about the 
bottom of the hole, which was lined with a substance of this 
colour. 
Arriving at the Priory Woods, we begin to make a search, 
and soon we are attracted by a loud tapping noise. Stopping 
we make out the direction the noise proceeds from in order to 
see what we thought would be a Green Woodpecker, but what we 
behold is a beautiful pied bird—a Greater Spotted Woodpecker* 
—which we keep following for a little time. In this wood there 
is a rookery, and as we pass beneath the nests the Rooks become 
very noisy. A half-finished nest of a Tree-Sparrow is come 
across in a hole in an old tree—at least we presume that it will 
belong to a Tree-Sparrow, for a pair of this species have built in 
the hole for some seasons past. 
Quitting the wood, we make for the common, where 
Meadow-Pipits abound, and Lapwings rise here and there, 
calling out their weird note; but although we search carefully 
for their eggs, we fail to discover any. When returning to our 
bicycles we keep alongside the wood, and perceive a Green 
Woodpecker. 
Good Friday finds us once more in the haunt of the Raven. 
When we are about six miles distant from it, two Ravens are seen 
circling above a high crag, and finally drop on to it, but we do 
not stop to investigate. 
On arriving at our known haunt we are right glad to see two 
Corbies flying about, and we hide ourselves behind a boulder to 
watch their movements. The two birds keep at a good distance 
from the crag, but at last one of them flies towards it, swoops 
* Later, on consulting Forrest’s ‘ Fauna of North Wales,’ 1909, we found 
that the Greater Spotted Woodpecker was not recorded for Anglesey. On 
writing to Mr. Forrest to ascertain whether the species had been reported to 
him since the date of the publication of his book, he wrote back to say that 
it had not been, so that, to our knowledge, we have the pleasure of being the 
first to put it on record for Anglesey. 
