18 The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
GREAT GREY SHRIKE, Zanius excubitor—aA very rare winter 
visitor. This species is far from rare in the winter on the 
northern and eastern coasts of England, and, like many other 
birds visiting this kingdom from the east, very rarely penetrates 
so far to the west as to reach the south-western corner of Wales. 
Indeed, the only county example we know of is one we have 
been informed of by Mr. H. Mathias, that was killed some 
years ago by the late Rev. W. Webb-Bowen, of Camrose, at 
Wolfsdale in that parish. This is the specimen that was in the 
collection of Mr. R. J. Ackland, at Boulston. 
RED-BACKED SHRIKE, Zaxius collurio.—A summer visitor, 
very rarely seen in the north of the county. Mr. Dix states that 
he had only once seen it in his district. When we used to 
drive into Haverfordwest from Stone Hall we frequently saw a 
pair of these birds on the telegraph wires by the roadside, as we 
drew near to the town. But some seasons would pass without 
our seeing any. Mr. Tracy thought the Red-backed Shrike 
was “common, and pretty equally distributed in pairs over 
the county,” but we must join issue with him, as we have never 
once seen a Red-backed Shrike in the Fishguard or St. David’s 
district, nor, indeed, at any place in the north of the county. 
Mr. Jeffereys informs us that a pair nest annually in some low 
bushes on the Black Rock, a mile or two out of Tenby, and that 
he has never heard of any others in the Tenby district. And 
Mr. E. W. H. Blagg tells us that he found a nest, with four 
fresh eggs, June 21st, 1887, at Tenby. 
WAXWING, Ampelis garrulus.—A rare, irregular, winter visitor. 
This beautiful bird, at irregular intervals, makes its appearance 
in flocks on the eastern coasts of England, but very rarely 
wanders so far as to our western counties. In those years when 
they arrive in unusual numbers (as they did in the winter of 
1849-50), a few are generally recorded from all parts of the 
kingdom, so that we consider it highly probable that Pembroke- 
shire may have shared in one or other of these exceptional 
