IL The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
it is not uncommon as a visitor to other parts of Wales in the 
summer, and it is known to nest as near to Pembrokeshire as in 
the adjacent county of Carmarthen. It is fond of woods containing 
old trees on hill-sides at some elevation above the sea; Mr. Cam- 
bridge Phillips reports it as quite a common bird in Breconshire. 
The Tree Sparrow is rare and local in South Wales ; it occurs in 
Breconshire. We know of no South Wales example of the Mealy 
Redpoll. Mr. J. H. Salter, of Aberystwyth, has searched the moors 
in Cardiganshire in vain for the Twite, of which we have no record 
in Pembrokeshire ; in Breconshire it would seem to be not uncom- 
mon. We know of only one occurrence of the Nuthatch; the 
Greater and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are rare visitors, while the 
Wryneck is scarce and local. We have no Pembrokeshire Osprey, 
although the bird in former years very probably occasionally put in 
an appearance on Milford Haven. Wild Geese, in these days, are 
but seldom seen; there is not a single instance of a county specimen 
of the Greylag Goose. The Black Grouse is now extinct; in old times 
it was a resident, as its bones may be found to-day in the Bone 
Caves near Tenby. The Norfolk Plover occurs only very rarely in 
winter. ‘The Dotterel is also rare; as is also the Spotted Crake, in 
spite of the shelter offered to it by the numerous moors and marshes 
throughout the county. 
(IX.) Some characteristic birds. 
After thus detailing the absentees, and others that are very scarce, 
although not rare in other parts of the kingdom, we turn with more 
satisfaction to enumerate those that may be considered as the 
characteristic birds of the county, that are rarely absent from lending 
life and charm to its varied scenery. On its cliffs along the coast the 
Buzzard, the Peregrine, the Raven, and the Chough, with the Wheat- 
ear and the Rock Pipit, may be still encountered ; and it would be 
a rare event, indeed, to visit any part of the shores, and to find them 
all absent. In the north of the county the Hen Harrier still quarters 
the wilder moors. The Water Ouzel and the Grey Wagtail are com- 
mon by every stream, and on the mountains have for their summer 
companions the Ring Ouzel and the common Sandpiper. The pretty 
Stonechat can be seen on every common, and is one of the charac- 
