The Birds of Pembrokeshire. XV. 
riences are chiefly connected with the various nests he had himself 
detected. We have made free use of his valuable paper in our work. 
We must now mention those friends, sportsmen and _ naturalists 
within the county, from whom we have been privileged to receive 
assistance and information. First and foremost of these we rank 
the late Mr. William Fortune, of Leweston. To quote Mr. Phelp’s 
words: ‘At a period when natural history was all but unknown in 
this remote part of Wales, he worked away single-handed at orni- 
thology, oology, entomology, our wild mammalia and reptiles, to- 
gether with ferns and sea-weeds.’’ When we took up our abode 
at Stone Hall, which was within a walk of Leweston, we soon 
formed Mr. Fortune’s acquaintance. This was only two years 
before his lamented death, and he was then a very old man, very 
deaf, and rather infirm, but still a keen and successful salmon 
fisher. We paid him many visits, and had the pleasure of ex- 
amining his beautiful collections, the birds all shot and mounted 
by himself in life-like attitudes. At his death the greater part of 
his birds was presented to the Literary Institute in Haverfordwest, 
and some of the rarities were purchased for the Tenby Museum. 
Among these was a beautiful group of a pair of Montagu’s Harriers 
with their young in down, that had been secured on Leweston 
Mountain. The late Mr. John Stokes, of Cuffern, a near neighbour 
and great friend of Mr. Fortune’s, was another excellent sportsman 
and field naturalist, from whom we received much information re- 
specting the rare birds that had been observed by him on his 
picturesque estate. From Sir Hugh Owen, Bt., we have received a 
list of all the rarer birds he has met with during his long career as a 
sportsman, most of them having fallen to his unerring gun, chiefly 
in the neighbourhood of Fishguard and Goodwick. Mr. Henry 
Mathias, of Haverfordwest, also furnished us with a list of county 
birds, adding his experiences as a collector for many years. We are 
indebted to him for much information supplied both vva voce and in 
correspondence. His collection of birds was presented by him to 
the Museum at Tenby. For the district around St. David’s we have 
to thank our friend and correspondent, Mr. Mortimer Propert, for 
supplying us with many valuable notes. Mr. Propert, together with 
