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fiercely all the time. We searched the cliffs in vain for the eyrie, 

 the falcon being in close attendance wherever we went, and had 

 given up hope of finding the young when we caught sight of one 

 perched on a rock jutting from the cliff-face. It was well 

 feathered, and no doubt well able to fly, although tufts of down 

 still showed on its wings, head, and thighs. It uttered no sound, 

 but stood bolt upright, and turned its head from side to side to 

 watch its mother as she soared above. We only saw the tiercel 

 for a minute or two, when we first got to the bay. On the cliffs 

 in the immediate neighbourhood we found the bones of the head 

 and torn fur of a half-grown Babbit, a partly eaten Moorhen, and 

 the scattered feathers of a Stock-Dove, a domestic Pigeon, and a 

 Blackbird. 



Near Bull Bay, on June 24th, we flushed a Partridge from a 

 nest containing sixteen eggs close to the edge of the cliff. There 

 was a well-worn run in the turf leading to the nest from the 

 rising ground above. 



One of the writers (S. G. Cummings) visited this district (the 

 north coast) in March, 1905. The following additional notes 

 relate to a few of the birds seen between the 18th and 27th of 

 that month : — 



Mistle-Thkush. — Several nests were built in thorn-hedges by 

 the roadside four or five feet from the ground, in sites similar to 

 those usually chosen by the Song-Thrush. One nest was de- 

 corated externally with several white feathers of the Herring- 

 Gull ; another was composed almost entirely of long green moss, 

 matching the green lichen-covered boughs on which it was built. 



Grey Wagtail. — One seen at Porth Wen Bay, and one at 

 Freshwater Bay, near Point Lynas, feeding on the rocks at low 

 water. One heard near Llys Dulas, and another seen on a 

 stream near Cemlyn Bay. 



Lesser Piedpoll. — A party of five on the wing near Llan- 

 fechell. 



Corn-Bunting. — In flocks about the farmyards; many singing. 



Snow-Bunting. — Three on the wing near Point Lynas, on 

 the 20th. 



Shag. — Two or three were sitting on freshly-built nests near 

 Carmel Head, where we have seen them in former years. 



