BREA GH: 
HAVING been compelled to resign the living of Bishop's 
Lydeard, in West Somerset, in consequence of long continued 
ill health, we were induced to settle in North Pembrokeshire 
on account of the healthiness of the climate; and were 
further led to select this remote part of the kingdom through 
anticipations of the sport to be enjoyed by its trout streams and 
on its moors. A time entirely given over to open-air pursuits 
was recommended as the best course to be adopted for the 
recovery of health, and we are thankful to state that this 
pleasant prescription met with entire success. Much of our 
eight years’ residence in the county, which was not without 
its clerical duties, as we became curate of our small parish, 
was devoted to a study of its birds. All the noted bird 
resorts were visited, as well as the various collections of 
stuffed birds we could hear of within the county; while from 
numerous sporting friends, and from others with a taste for 
natural history, whatever information they were able to impart 
was sought after and noted down. We now present the 
result ; although meagre, it may serve as the foundation upon 
which an ampler account of the birds of the county may some 
day be based. 
Buckland Dinham, 1894. 
