xliv. The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
adjoining county of Cardigan. The Common Snipe nests throughout 
the county, but at the present time there is not a tithe of its ancient 
numbers. The multitudes of cliff birds that resort to the islands off 
the coast in the summer to nest is the most important feature in the 
Ornis of the county ; the island of Skomer is, probably, the largest 
nesting station of the Manx Shearwater in the British Isles, and 
Grasholm is one of the few breeding places of the Gannet. 
(II.) The summer visitors are 27 :— 
Ring-Ouzel Wood Warbler Swift 
Wheatear Sedge Warbler Nightjar 
Whinchat Grasshopper Warbler Wryneck 
Redstart Tree Pipit Cuckoo 
Whitethroat Red-backed Shrike Turtle Dove 
Blackcap Spotted Flycatcher Quail 
Garden Warbler Swallow Corn Crake 
Chiffchaff Martin Common Sandpiper 
Willow Warbler Sand Martin Common Tern 
The Redstart is extremely rare, and the only instance we know of 
its having bred in the county is the one reported by Mr. Dix on the 
Gardigan side of the Precelly Mountains. We have seen statements 
in the local papers that the Nightingale has been heard singing in the 
summer time near Clarbeston, in the centre of the county. But the 
bird is unknown in south-west Wales, and the song of some other bird 
must have been taken for its notes. The Garden Warbler occurs 
rarely only in the north-eastern part of the county; the Precelly 
Mountains shut it off from visiting the central and southern districts, 
where it is never seen. The Blackcap is scarce. The Chiffchaff is 
the most abundant of all the small summer visitors; the Willow 
Wren is far from numerous, and the Wood Wren is very local, and is 
only found at all commonly on the eastern side of the Precelly 
Mountains ; it is never seen in the centre of the county, and appears 
to be rare inthe south. The Sedge Warbler is abundant by streams 
that are fringed with cover; the Grasshopper Warbler is rare and is 
very local. The Red-backed Shrike is rare, and seems to confine 
itself to the south of the county. The Spotted Flycatcher is 
abundant. The Turtle Dove is rare, and the only record of its 
nesting comes from the neighbourhood of Pembroke. The 
Wryneck is rare and local. The Quail is an irregular summer 
