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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author is indebted to Mr. T. A. W. Davis and Mr. R. M. Lockley for reading the manuscript of this paper and for their comments and criticisms, and also to Mr. Lockley for assistance during the early stages of trap construction and to Mr. Reuben Codd for information regarding the destruction of gull eggs on Skomer, Mr. H. G. Hurrell for the loan of the typescript of his paper on gull populations, Mr. M. P. Harris for information con- cerning food of gulls, and to my wife for much help during all the stages of the work. REFERENCES BUXTON, J., and LOCKLEY, R. M. (1950). Island qf Skomer. London. CONDER, P. J. (1953). Some Individual Feeding Habits of Gulls Breeding on Skokholm. Skok. Bird Obs. Rep. 1952. COULSON, J. C. (1960). The Adult Mortality of the Manx Shearwater on Skokholm. Skok. Bird Obs. Rep. 1959. DAVIS, T. A. W. (1958). The Breeding Distribution of the Great Black- backed Gull in England and Wales in 1956. Bird Study, 5,191-215. FULLAGER, P. J., et al. (1961). A census of the Voles and Mice on Skomer Island. Nature in Wales, 7, 3-6. HARRISON, T. H., and HURRELL, H. G. (1933). Numerical fluctua- tion of the Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) in England and Wales. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1933, 191-209. LOCKLEY, R. M. (1953). Puffins. London. LOCKLEY, R. M. (1958). Sea Birds and their Protection. Bird Notes, 28, 380-383. MATHEW, M. A. (1894). The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its Islands. London. MYLNE, C. K. (1960). Predation of Manx Shearwaters by Great Black- backed Gulls on Skomer. Bird Notes, 29, 73-76. Skomer Reports for 1960 and 1961. Nature in Wales. LAPLAND BUNTINGS IN SOUTH-WEST ANGLESEY P. HOPE JONES The Nature Conservancy The presence of Lapland Buntings (Calcarius lapponicus) in Anglesey does not appear to have been recorded previously four birds seen on 15th November 1960 thus constitute the first record of this species in the county. During the course of work on the Newborough Warren-Ynys Llanddwyn National Nature Reserve in south-west Anglesey, Lapland Buntings were seen on several occasions. The records are listed below. 15th November 1960. Four birds near the Reserve boundary at the Braint Estuary. The species was first identified by the dis-