THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 15 
and as the scenery among which he lived 
—he is gone; and with him in this part 
of the county at least, the practice of 
his favourite pastime. I have _ seen 
several stuffed specimens, notably a 
young Falcon obtained from the rocks at 
Abergwesyn. 
‘Mr. A. Crawshay has killed it near 
here, and I saw a pair some three years 
ago flying over the Crug near Brecon. 
It is also to be seen now from time to 
time on the Allt, Llansaintfraed. 
In Welsh the Peregrine Falcon, or 
Hunting Falcon is Hebog; a Falconer is 
flebogydd, 72.é, one who hunts with 
Hawks. Sometimes Gwalch is given for 
Hawk, and Gwalchur, a Hawker, 7.e, a 
man accustomed to catch birds with a 
Hawk AHebog, (Williams). The words 
flebog and Gwalch and F#ako are 
probably synonymous. The Imperial 
Dictionary, however, gives the word 
Gwalch as Welsh for Falcon, and adds 
that it means literally ‘‘a crested one.” 
If this is so then it is possible that this 
word applies to the Hooded Falcon, the 
hood that is used in Falconry having a 
crest or tassel at the top. Williams 
