THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 5 
both these animals inhabited this country. 
Since writing the above I have received 
a letter from that excellent ornithologist, 
the Rev. Murray A. Mathew, who for- 
merly resided in Pembrokeshire, in which 
he says that one of the highest points of 
the Precelly Mountains is known by the 
name of ‘“ Foe” or ‘“ Moel Eryr”—the 
‘‘ Hagle’s Peak” or “ Tump,” but the 
only Hagle he has heard of in Pembroke- 
shire of late years was one seen by a Mr. 
Hugh Owen in the winter of 1851, in 
the neighbourhood of Haverfordwest, 
which frequented the covers of Picton 
and Slebech for some time and escaped 
being shot. This was probably a young 
White-tailed Eagle, as one is in Lord 
Cawdor’s collection at Stackpole Court 
which was shot about that time. Imma- 
ture examples of the White-tailed Eagle 
(flaliaétus Albicilla) are observed from 
time to time on the Sea-bound Counties 
of England and Wales in autumn and 
winter when the young birds reared in 
the North of Europe are migrating 
towards the South; adults, however, are 
of very rare occurrence (Saunders): I 
mention this to show that the bird in 
question was not bred in Wales. 
