94 The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
their full length while the central ones have not done so, then 
there is the wedge-tailed Snipe that we have often shot at 
the beginning of the autumn, specimens of which have once 
or twice been forwarded to us, and supposed to be a distinct 
variety. We have never seen one of the dark plumaged Snipe, 
that used to be known as ‘‘Sabine’s Snipe,” in Pembrokeshire, 
but among the myriads of Snipe that were formerly obtained we 
doubt not it has occurred. The Welsh name of the Snipe, 
“ oiach,” is a good rendering of the cry of the bird. 
JACK SNIPE, Limnocryptes gailinula—A winter visitor. This 
diminutive Snipe is fairly numerous, appearing about the middle 
of September at its accustomed places on the moors, and on all 
boggy places where there is sufficient cover for it to hide in. 
We have heard sportsmen state that in seasons when Jack Snipe 
are plentiful, the Common Snipe is scarce, and vice versa, but we 
have not found this borne out in our experience. The abun- 
dance of either species, at certain localities, depends entirely on 
the weather. In severe frosts, the birds naturally congregate 
about warm springs, or other damp places that remaining un- 
frozen afford them food. The Jack Snipe is usually solitary ; but 
may be occasionally met with in little flocks of upwards of a 
dozen, on some favourite ground, just after their arrival in the 
autumn, or immediately before their departure for the north in 
the spring. 
DUNLIN, Zynga alpina.—A winter visitor ; perhaps, also a resi- 
dent. The Dunlin is common in the autumn and winter all 
round the coast, wherever there are sands and oozes. Al- 
though we failed to detect it in the summer-time, on the west- 
ward front of the Precelly Mountains, we consider it extremely 
probable that a pair or two may nest on those hills, especially as 
it has been found breeding at no great distance in Cardigan- 
shire, where Mr. J. H. Salter, of University College, Aberyst- 
wyth, discovered its nest ‘‘on a large heather-grown peat bog, 
