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The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
plumage had we cared to do so, but we had no desire to lend 
a hand in the extermination of this interesting and harmless 
bird. One day in the winter we saw three old males beating 
a part of Rhinderston Common in line, and we have known 
and regretted the capture of several old birds in the spring 
time on Cuffern Mountain. At Cuffern there is a case contain- 
ing a pair of old Hen Harriers, with their young in down, from 
a nest found on the Cuffern estate. 
MONTAGU’S HARRIER, Circus cineraceus——A summer visitor ; 
rare. The late Mr. Fortune found a nest of this Harrier close 
to his residence at Leweston, July 2, 1854, containing an egg 
and three young birds in down. He succeeded in obtaining 
the two old birds and mounted them with the young, and the 
case is now to be seen in the Museum at Tenby, and is a beau- 
tiful example of his skill in taxidermy. The egg was presented 
to the collection of the Rev. C. M. Phelps. ‘This is the only 
instance of the occurrence of Montagu’s Harrier in the county 
of which we can find a record, but it must doubtless have been 
both shot and trapped occasionally without recognition. 
BUZZARD, Zuteo vulgaris.—There are so many Boncaths in the 
county, either hamlets or inns, that we have in this fact a sure 
witness to the former abundance of the Common Buzzard in 
Pembrokeshire, ‘‘ Boncath ” being the Welsh name of the bird. 
At the present day we are only able to state that there are a 
few Buzzards left in the county, and that there may be possibly 
still some half dozen nesting stations of the bird on the islands, 
and on the cliffs along the coast. We have seen the Buzzard 
at Stone Hall, and have several times spared it when we have 
been Woodcock shooting in warm bottoms not far from the sea. 
The bird has flown foolishly up to us, or has crossed low over 
head, presenting an easy shot. We have seen a Buzzard’s 
nest on a cliff on Ramsey Island, and possess an egg from it, 
one of a clutch taken by Mr. Mortimer Propert. All the 
Pembrokeshire Buzzards’ eggs that we have seen are large in 
