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its nest fellows, and in all cases where I have seen young 
Buzzards in the nest one precocious chick has bullied the other 
one, or sometimes two, unmercifully. The next day a second 
Buzzard’s nest contained two eggs which were chipping to hatch. 
Pied Flycatchers were singing on every hand, and were 
already building, though, owing to the backward spring, the oak 
woods were as bare as at mid-winter. I noticed, as on previous 
occasions, that the Flycatchers were very fond of tenanting a 
hole which has been previously occupied by the Greater Spotted 
Woodpecker. 
As usual in this hill-district, I found the Wood Warbler very 
numerous, almost to the exclusion of the Chiffchaff and Willow 
Warbler. In the Nant Berwyn its note drew my attention toa 
Lesser Redpoll, a bird which I have long been on the look-out 
for, but have never previously seen in this county. It must 
have been breeding. 
On May 19th a Buzzard’s nest in the neighbourhood of Pont 
Erwyd contained one egg which looked incubated. On the night 
of the 20th, which was still and warm, I heard the Manx Shear- 
water’s note about 11 p.m. In Cwm Woods, on the 28rd, I 
listened to the Golden Oriole’s call coming from the tops of the 
oaks, followed by its harsh note. Both were familiar, as I had 
heard them daily on the Rhine. The bird was on migration, and 
must have passed on at once, as I failed to hear it subsequently. 
I believe this is the first reliable record for the county. 
On May 26th I visited the colony of Lesser Black-backed 
Gulls upon the Teifi Bog, about twelve miles from the sea. 
Four nests which were found contained three eggs apiece. 
About thirty of the birds were on the wing. Five Whimbrel 
were still upon the strand on May 30th; they continue to pass 
all through the month. | 
On June 2nd I saw a Buzzard about the rocks at Pistyll y 
Llyn. I found a few pairs of Redshanks breeding on June 6th 
at Mochras Island, south of Harlech. A Nightjar was sitting 
upon two eggs which were laid upon bits of cork and cinder, the 
flotsam of an unusually high tide in the lagoon. On the following 
day I noted a family of Ravens about the rocks at Cwm Bychan 
lake. A Turtle Dove’s nest at Llangorwen contained two eggs 
which were hatching on June 22nd, and I subsequently heard the 
