4 The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
pretty generally distributed, and have seen it on the Precelly 
Hlils at Rosebush, on Cuffern Mountain, at St. David’s, at Stone 
Hall, where we have seen the nest, &c, &c. 
STONECHAT, Saxicola rubicola.—A common resident. This pretty 
little species is so numerous, to be seen everywhere, by the road- 
side, perched on the furze on every common, on the coast as 
well as far inland, that it is well entitled to be considered one of 
our characteristic county birds. Mr. Dix states that it is to be 
found “particularly on the hillsides which are covered with 
furze: they are generally to be seen in pairs, and, like the 
Hedge-Sparrow, in close company. During the severe weather 
last February three pairs were in constant attendance upon 
some men who were moving earth from an old bank: they 
perched upon some bushes near by, watching for anything that 
might turn up in the shape of food, when down they came 
within a foot of the tools; they kept close watch, for several 
times I saw three or four fly down at the same moment, and so 
intent were they in their search that one was caught by a hat 
being placed over it, the man thinking I wished to have 
it.’ We have found the nest frequently in our fields round 
Stone Hall,a commonly chosen site being a small furze-bush in 
which it would be placed close to the ground. However severe 
the weather we do not believe that these little birds go very far 
away from the spot where they were bred. 
REDSTART, Ruticilla phoenicurus.—A summer visitor. Reported 
to be abundant in the neighbouring county of Cardiganshire ; it 
is, however, extremely rare with us in Pembrokeshire, where we 
have never once seen it. Mr. Dix mentions a pair that nested in 
an old bee-house at Kilwendeage, in the north-east of the 
county, in the summer of 1866, and returned to the same spot 
the following year. He adds: “This species is not at all 
numerous, I have only seen three birds besides those that bred 
at Kilwendeage ; the men working in the gardens had never seen 
any before.” A few Redstarts are occasionally seen in the south 
of the county, as we learn from friends and correspondents. 
