The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 15 
stuffer. In the adjoining county of Carmarthenshire the Nut- 
hatch is notuncommon. We saw a brood of young Nuthatches 
in the grounds of Abergwili Palace in the summer of 1885. 
WREN, 7Z7oglodytes parvulus.—A common resident, very abundant 
in our grounds, where we used to detect numerous nests. One 
we found was lined with the feathers of a Sparrow Hawk’s 
breast, so the birds had evidently availed themselves of one that 
had been shot in an adjoining plantation. A pair of Wrens 
passed the whole of one severe winter in one of our green- 
houses where they seem to have found plenty of food. 
WHITE WAGTAIL, Motacilla alba—A summer visitor, no doubt 
often overlooked and confounded with the next species. Writ- 
ing as long ago as 1850, Mr. Tracy says: ‘I am convinced that 
a few young birds of the Continental White Wagtail appear on 
our coasts in the months of September and October.” But the 
birds pass south again before either of those dates. Wesawa 
flock of from 20 to 30 White Wagtails sitting on the telegraph 
wires by Treffgarne Bridge towards the end of August, 1884, and 
the birds were then evidently migrating. On 24th June, 1886, 
we saw a pair of adult White Wagtails close to Clarbeston 
Railway Station. 
PIED WAGTAIL, Jtacilla lugubyis—A common resident. Mr 
Dix writes : ‘‘I believe we have more during the winter than in 
the summer. In September I noticed two or three parties of 
from fifteen to twenty, which, I believe, were migrating; they 
appeared to consist of two or three families. I have, invariably, 
during the winter, seen this bird in pairs, male and female, so 
there is some reason to think they pair for life. They seem 
particularly fond of being in a sheep-fold, seldom entirely 
leaving it.” 
GREY WAGTAIL, Motacilla melanofe-—A common resident; 
equally abundant throughout the year. We agree with Mr. 
