THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 13 
GREENLAND FALCON, Falco candicans. 
A beautiful specimen of this lovely 
Falcon was trapped at Buckland, by Mr. 
Gwynne Holford’s keeper, Smith, in the 
winter of 1893. It was in_ perfect 
plumage, and was given away by him to 
a publican at Brecon, as a ‘‘light 
Buzzard.” He sent it to the late Mr. 
Cording, of Cardiff, who carefully mounted 
it, and it was then secured by Mr. A. 
Crawshay for his collection. Another 
was afterwards killed in the neighbour- 
hood of Brecon, and is at present 
preserved in the town. Whether they 
were a pair or not I am unable to say. 
In Welsh, “Falcon” and “ Hawk” are 
different forms of the same word; Bryn- 
hebog, being a farm house in Llandilo- 
fawr, and Brynhawc, a farm house in 
Llanwenog, Cardiganshire. 
PEREGRINE FALCON, Falco peregrinus. 
I think increasing slightly. I have 
known of several specimens killed some 
years ago, but it never bred here. I am 
enabled to state this as a fact, from the 
information I received from old Morgan 
the falconer, a small farmer living at 
