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cliff the Guillemots, Razorbills, and Kittiwake Gulls have con- 
gregated, the former being very plentiful on the wider ledges, 
but the second named species does not appear to be abundant. 
Guillemots’ eggs are very plentiful, there being many variations 
in colour and markings. The pretty Kittiwakes have their nests 
built on the smaller ledges, both above and below the sites of 
the Guillemots and Razorbills, and some of the nests are placed 
right against the upright face of the cliff with hardly any 
support beneath them, most of them containing two eggs. The 
other birds observed on the island are Jackdaws, Meadow-Pipits, 
and Rock-Pipits. 
29th.—At the sand-dune district of Newborough, Anglesey, 
in 1909 and 1910, we discovered a pair of Merlins nesting, and 
to-day we cycle there with the same anticipation. At the rabbit- 
warren Carrion Crows are very plentiful, and we continually 
see them being mobbed by Peewits. Wheatears also are very 
abundant, and we saw one female leave a rabbit’s burrow, but - 
we do not stay to dig away at it owing to want of time. At 
length, after a weary walk over the sand, we come to the area 
where the Merlins nested, and keep a sharp look-out for them, 
but after a long search we fail to flush our quarry. We are 
very disappointed at not seeing the Merlins again, and we hope 
that they have not fallen to the gun during the rabbit-shooting 
season, but are now nesting peacefully in another locality. 
Over a shingle beach close by some Common Terns are fly- 
ing and screaming, so we proceed there to find out whether 
or not they are nesting at the place. However, after walking 
to and fro over the beach and scrutinizing nearly every inch 
of the ground, we only came across an Oystercatcher’s scratch- 
ing with three eggs. A few Ring Plover are running about 
the beach, and they often take short low flights, calling out 
their whistling note. 
June 1st.—We first cycle to the seashore within a mile or — 
so of Llanfairfechan, where, on a long shingle beach, a small 
colony of Lesser Terns breed, and as we walk towards this 
beach the Terns rise, and soon the air is full of their harsh 
cries. Searching for their eggs proves a difficult task, and at 
last we walk some distance away and lie full length upon the 
ground. No sooner have we done so than we are surprised 
to see how quickly the Terns alight and settle on their eggs. 
