The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 85 
1891, p. 104. During Christmas week, 1890, a female Great 
Bustard was shot near Llanelly, and was sent to a bird-stuffer at 
Carmarthen. Pembrokeshire is at a great distance from the old 
haunts of the Great Bustard, and at the time the bird still existed 
as an indigenous species it very seldom wandered, and we do 
not believe that our county was ever likely to have been visited 
by it. ] 
STONE CURLEW, @acnemus scolopax.—A winter visitor; very 
rare ; only one occurrence known tous. The Stone Curlew is 
a common summer visitor to the eastern counties, to Salisbury 
Plain, &c., but is only known in the south-west as an occa- 
sional straggler in the winter months. One was shot by Mr. 
Browne Edwardes near St. David’s in January, 1891, and 
recorded at the time in a local paper. 
[COLLARED PRATINCOLE, Glaveola pratincola—A very rare 
accidental visitor from the south. It is the lucky fate of the 
Pratincole when it wanders northwards to the British Isles to 
be more often seen only than to be secured. This rare bird 
is included in Mr. Mathias’ list on the strength of one that 
was seen several times by Mr. Bowen at Llanstinan many 
years ago. Mr. Bowen pursued the bird for some time, and 
had one unsuccessfu! shot at it. Mr. Mathias went to Llan- 
stinan on purpose to search for it, but was not fortunate enough 
to see it. ] 
GOLDEN PLOVER, Ciaradrius pluvialis.—A winter visitor ; per- 
haps, also, a resident. Mr. Dix says, “common on the moun- 
tains in winter, they were seen here last year by the second week 
in October.” Although we have ourselves failed to detect the 
Golden Plover among the birds nesting on the Precelly Moun- 
tains, we think it extremely likely that a few pairs may breed 
there, and we are the more inclined to this opinion as we have 
only been able to search a limited portion of the mountains on 
