xIviii. The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
at least six or seven pairs of Kites annually nesting, in great danger, 
we fear, of destruction ; we wish such interesting birds could obtain 
protection. In the report of the Scientific Society of the University 
College of Wales, Aberystwyth, for 1892-93, it is stated that the 
Kite “ still exists in small and decreasing numbers at no great 
distance from us. Two pairs, with their nests, were seen, May 23rd, 
1893.” Of many of the occasional visitors we possess but a single 
instance, but some of them must have occurred oftener, without 
having been reported ; and we feel confident that observation may 
yet extend the list. 
(VI.) The accidental visitors, or waifs and strays are 15 :— 
Melodious Warbler Red-footed Falcon Pallas’s Sand-grouse 
Bee Eater American Bittern Baillon’s Crake 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Glossy Ibis Roseate Tern 
Scops Owl Ruddy Sheldrake Greater Shearwater 
Greenland Falcon Red-crested Pochard Fulmar 
Two of these, the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and the American 
Bittern, are wanderers from America. Another Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
has occurred at Lundy Island, no very great distance from Stackpole, 
where the Pembrokeshire specimen was obtained, and the American 
Bittern has appeared in North Devon, and also in Cornwall. 
(VII.) Former resident. 
At the beginning of the present century Colonel Montagu de- 
tected the Black Guillemot on the cliffs near Tenby, and also at St. 
David’s. It seems to have disappeared very soon after his visit to 
the county, as we can discover no mention of it in any subsequent 
references to the cliff birds, nor have we met with anyone who has 
ever seen a Pembrokeshire specimen of this northern species. 
(VIIL.) The introduced species are 4 :— 
Egyptian Goose Pheasant Red-legged Partridge 
Mute Swan Ring-necked Pheasant 
We are not aware that any Egyptian Geese are now kept on any 
ornamental waters in the county. The Mute Swan exists on the lake 
at Stackpole in what may be considered as virtually a wild state ; as 
it is free to depart and return at will, and leaves every autumn when 
the food supply fails, coming back again in the spring to nest and 
