The Birds of Pembrokeshire. Y/ 
Skylark, it is the only bird to be seen; in such places I have 
often heard it singing, as it stood upon a stone or a bunch of 
heath. About September, or the beginning of October, it 
comes down into the more sheltered parts, following the plough 
in small flocks.” He adds: ‘“‘ They are constantly to be found 
in the sheep-fold, running fearlessly about.” 
TREE PIPIT, 4xz¢hus trivialis—A common summer visitor. Mr. 
Dix writes: “Generally distributed, but is by no means 
numerous.” We used to see it every summer at Stone Hall, 
and noted it at St. David’s, &c., &c. 
ROCK PIPIT, Anthus obscurus—A common resident, only on the 
coast. Watching some Rock Pipits one day as they were run- 
ning about at the foot of some sandhills we were amused by 
their gestures, which not a little imitated those of the common 
Ring Plover. They would run rapidly a few paces, and then, 
like that bird, bring themselves up with a sudden jerk, stand 
still, and then run on again for a short distance, again to stop, 
and run on. Mr. Mortimer Propert, of St. David’s, one sum- 
mer took a nest of the Rock Pipit on the Bishop’s Rock. It 
was extremely compact, and constructed of bents thickly lined 
inside with horse-hairs. To procure the horse-hairs the Pipits 
must have flown to and fro over three miles of water to Ramsey 
Island, the nearest point where they would find a horse. We 
have never seen any of the vinous-breasted, greyer-backed Rock 
Pipits, in Pembrokeshire, that are summer visitors to this king- 
dom from the north of Europe, and go by the name of the 
Scandinavian Rock Pipit, and are not very rare. 
GOLDEN ORIOLE, Oviolus galbula.—A very rare summer visitor 
from the south. We are informed by Sir Hugh Owen that he 
saw a Golden Oriole at Goodwick in May, 1870; and the Rev. 
C. M. Phelps, in the “ Tenby Guide,” is an authority for this 
beautiful bird having been seen elsewhere in the county. 
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