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The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
Museum was killed near Mallock Bridge in 1854. In 1885, five 
or seven were shot in one day near the same bridge. Mr. 
Mathias saw all these birds in Tracy’s shop, in Pembroke, 
soon after they were set up. Several of them were young birds, 
and one of them was so small and so ill-fledged that it seemed 
wonderful how it could have reached the Pembrokeshire coast. 
Sir Hugh Owen has told us that a flock of seven Spoonbills was 
seen on Goodwick Sands in 1856. Mr. Dix saw an immature 
Spoonbill in ‘Tracy’s shop in 1867, and was informed that two 
or three are seen about Pembroke almost every year. One was 
killed near St. David’s, on October 31st, 1890, as we learn from 
Mr. Mortimer Propert, who saw the bird when he was out with 
the hounds on a stubble field, in company with some farm-yard 
Geese a few days before it was shot. It was finally killed ona 
farm called Arglof, midway between St. David’s and Solva, and 
was, as we heard from Jeffreys, the bird-stuffer, a very fine, 
white bird, but without a crest. In most of the instances we 
have given above, of the visits of the Spoonbill to Pembroke- 
shire the dates were not supplied to us, but we believe that, 
as in the south-western counties of England, they were all 
during the winter, in this differing from the appearances of the 
bird in the eastern counties, where it is in general seen in the 
spring. 
GLOSSY IBIS, Plegadis falcinellus—An occasional visitor; very 
rare; only one instance. Mr. Tracy mentions a Glossy Ibis, a 
fine adult, that was shot at Slebech, in the autumn of 1834, and 
was in the possession of the gamekeeper. Mr. Thomas Hall, 
birdstuffer, of London Wall, in the Zoo/ogis¢ for 1858, mentions 
another that was killed so near to the borders of the county as 
Laugharne Marsh. ‘This was on April rg in that year. 
EGYPTIAN GOOSE, Crenalopex egyptiacus—Introduced. This 
species is included in Mr. Mathias’ list. We know of no recent 
instances of its having occurred at large, nor do we know of any 
ornamental waters within the county where it is kept. Any 
