The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 67 
Singularly enough, that same day, a party shooting through 
the covers in the park, brought in a specimen of Bewick’s Swan 
that had been shot out of a flock of six or seven passing over- 
head. Among the “various” captured in the decoy at Orielton, 
a Swan Is included, but the species is not given. 
BEWICK’S SWAN, Cygxus bewicki—An occasional winter visitor. 
This small species of Swan is a not uncommon visitor to the 
S.W. parts of the kingdom, and cannot be considered rare in 
Pembrokeshire, where, during our own limited acquaintance with 
the county, we knew of several instances of its occurrence, and 
secured a fine example for our collection. On Nov. roth, 1887, 
a fine adult was shot on Trevithan Pool, near St. David’s, by Mr. 
Harding Harries. The bird was seen on the water in company 
with a flock of tame geese, and when Mr. Harries approached, 
instead of taking wing, it swam among the geese and endeavoured 
to conceal itself in their midst, sinking its body as much as it 
could, and bending down its graceful neck. Mr. Harries waded 
into the water, and, with a single shot, laid the beautiful stranger 
dead upon its back. Five other Bewick Swans, all immature 
birds, were shot by a farmer, near St. David’s, in the winter of 
1887; all these are said to have been plucked and roasted. 
Another young Bewick’s Swan, in dirty white plumage, was shot 
near St. David’s, in December, 1890, and sent to Jeffreys, in 
Haverfordwest, to be stuffed. Many Swans, probably all belong- 
ing to this species, were observed in various parts of the county 
that severe winter, and flocks, numbering fifty birds, were seen 
flying over. Mr. Jefferys, of Tenby, informs us that he received 
a specimen of Bewick’s Swan from the neighbourhood of St. 
David’s, evidently a favourite locality for the birds, as it is the 
nearest point to the opposite coast of Ireland, where these swans 
are seen by the thousand during the winter, and that he sold it to 
a Mr. Mason, of Burton-on-Trent. A flock of Wild Swans, num- 
bering about fifteen, is reported as having been seen at St. 
David’s at the beginning of November, 1892. These were pro- 
bably Bewick’s Swans. 
