84 The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
MOOR-HEN, Gad/inula chloropus.—Common resident. Numerous 
everywhere in the county by the side of streams, ponds, &c. 
At Stone Hall we had numbers, semi-domesticated, that fed on 
the lawns, and nested by the fishponds. By one of our ponds 
we counted seven nests one summer. As soon as the young 
birds can take care of themselves, the old birds evidently drive 
them away, as no increase was observable in the number usually 
frequenting the grounds, as must have been the case had all the 
broods remained. Occasionally we noted a nest in a tree over- 
hanging the water five or six feet from the surface, but the 
usual site would be among the grasses and rushes at the edge of 
the ponds. Rhododendron bushes were often selected, and for 
several years in succession there was a nest in the boat house. 
When snow has been on the ground we always found that the 
banks of the Cleddy had numerous tracks of foxes, and sup- 
posed the “‘ varmints” were after the Moor-Hens and rats. The 
Moor-Hen appears to have been scarce in the part of the 
county with which Mr. Dix was acquainted, and he expresses 
his surprise at their rareness, as the country was so well suited 
to them. A single Moor-Hen was noticed at the lantern of the 
South Bishop’s Lighthouse at 1 a.m., on October gth, 1884, 
indicating that it was then migrating. We should have thought 
the Moor-Hen an unlikely species to be affected by the migrat- 
ing impulse. 
COOT, Fudica atvaa—Resident ; but confined to the few large ponds 
in the county, such as those at Orielton, Heathfield Stackpole, 
&c., where there are rushes, &c., for their nests. Mr, Dix con- 
siders the Coot ‘‘a regular winter visitor, but not numerous.” 
Sir Hugh Owen has shot Coots at Goodwick. 
[GREAT BUSTARD, O#is tarda,—We have no record of this fine 
bird in Pembrokeshire, but venture to include it, as one has 
been obtained in recent years so near to it as at Llanelly in 
Carmarthenshire. ‘This occurence is related in the Zoo/ogist for 
