HEH BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 7 
the course of the year. The Buzzard has 
always been considered a lazy bird ; 
when roused it is quite the reverse, and 
two I trapped some years ago were so 
defiantly grand in their attitude, that not 
being much hurt, I sent them to the 
Zoological Gardens, knowing that they 
would get every attention there. One of 
them, I believe, lived some little time. 
This bird is very fond of sitting on a 
rock, and if by chance there is one in or 
near any cover it may be generally 
trapped on it. It is very regular in its 
search for food, and may be seen nearly 
every day in the same place about the 
same time. A few years since Mr Edgar 
Thomas, of Brecon, reared two Buzzards, 
recently taken from the nest. They 
grew into splendid birds, one being 
singularly light in colour; he presented 
them to the Zoological Society of London. 
I hear there is an Inn near St. David's, 
Pembrokeshire, nearer Cardigan and New- 
castle Emlyn, with the sign ‘‘ Boncath 
Inn” ze. ‘“ Buzzard’s Inn,” and at the 
present time I am pleased to know that 
there are still a good many Buzzards in 
North Pembrokeshire. There is also a 
