The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 5 
BLACK REDSTART, Auxicil/a titys—A winter visitor, not com- 
mon. From its extent of coast Pembrokeshire appears to be 
peculiarly suited to this species, and it has occurred both on the 
northern and the southern shores of the county. In the north 
it has been seen several times and shot by Sir Hugh Owen at 
Goodwick : ‘‘ Single specimens on the moors in hard weather.” 
In the south, the Rev. Clennell Wilkinson has seen it in his 
garden at Castle Martin. Mr. Tracy mentions two examples 
that occurred in the autumn of 1847; one killed by Mr. George 
Hughes, of the Coburg Hotel, Tenby, on the eaves of the hotel ; 
the other by himself, with an air cane, loaded with small shot 
on the water trough of his neighbour’s house in Pembroke ; and 
Mr. Dix was informed by him that he considered the species a 
regular winter visitor to Pembroke, where it might be seen 
frequenting the walls of the old castle. There is an example of 
the Black Redstart in the Mathias Collection in the Tenby 
Museum. Mr. Charles Jefferys informs us that he used to see 
one or two Black Redstarts every autumn at Tenby, but for 
several years has failed to see or hear of any. 
REDBREAST, Zrithacus rubecula—A common resident. During 
the extreme cold in the winter of 1880 Robins and many other 
small birds, such as Hedge-sparrows, Wrens, Chaffinches, Blue 
and Great Tits, flocked into our house for warmth and shelter. 
We had at least half-a-dozen Robins distributed between the 
hall, kitchen, and dining-room. The little visitors became quite 
tame, hopping fearlessly about on the carpet, and picking up 
the crumbs thrown to them. In this way they were all 
preserved until the arrival of the welcome thaw, when they 
returned to the outside world. One summer a Robin used 
to come in at our dining-room window, and alighting on the 
table would amuse himself by pecking at the pen with which 
one of us might be writing, and by playing with the writing 
implements in general. He would spend hours with us, flying 
to the top of somebody’s head, and remaining there whenever 
the cat came into the room. Sometimes he would make his 
