The Birds of Pembrokeshire. Sclixx, 
to remain throughout the summer. The Pheasant thrives in Pem- 
brokeshire remarkably well; the Red-legged Partridge refuses to 
become a resident, doubtless finding the climate too humid. 
(IX.) Some noticeable absentees. 
Directly we began to study the Birds of Pembrokeshire we were 
struck by the number of absentees. Many birds were wanting that 
we felt confident ought toappear. We were, at first, led to attach 
our chief interest to scheduling these non-appearances, although 
this might seem rather a negative way to work the County Ornis. 
The character of the county doubtless accounts for several birds 
being non-resident that are not uncommon in many other parts of 
the kingdom; in such a treeless district scansorial birds would not 
be expected. The following is a list of species that are common 
in most of the English counties, as also in Central and Eastern 
Wales, that are either never seen, or are extremely rare, in Pem- 
brokeshire ; of those marked with an asterisk we are without a single 
instance :— 
Redstart Great Grey Shrike Great Spotted Woodpecker 
*Nightingale Red-backed Shrike Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 
Lesser Whitethroat Pied Flycatcher Wryneck 
Garden Warbler Hawfinch *Osprey 
*Dartford Warbler *Tree Sparrow *Greylag Goose 
Wood Wren *Mealy Redpoll *Black Grouse 
*Reed Warbler *Twite Spotted Crake 
Nuthatch Cirl Bunting Stone-Curlew 
Ray’s Wagtail Woodlark Dotterel 
Of these, the Reed Warbler, the Garden Warbler, and the Lesser 
Whitethroat, appear to be very rare throughout Wales, as they arealso 
in the south-west counties of England. The Reed Warbler is stated 
to nest in Breconshire, at Llangorse Lake. In a county so mild in 
temperature and so abounding in furze-brakes on sheltered hill-sides, 
the Dartford Warbler might well be expected, but we have not suc- 
ceeded in detecting it. Ray’s Wagtail, in Pembrokeshire, is only 
seen as it passes in spring and autumn, and there is no instance of its 
having remained to nest. The Red-backed Shrike is rare ; and the 
Great Grey Shrike does not seem to reach often so far to the west 
after arriving in the autumn on the eastern coasts of the kingdom. 
The Pied Flycatcher is almost unknown in Pembrokeshire, although 
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