THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 23 
Ornithology, the Brown Owl outnumbers 
the Barn Owl considerably. The keepers, 
as a rule, wage dire war against the poor 
Owls; they make a great show on a tree, 
and are very easily trapped; while, after 
all, the harm they do is small. The 
Barn Owl is a positive benefactor to the 
farmer from the quantities of mice it 
kills. 
All Owls at the present day are 
spoken of in Welsh as Dylluan only, 
plural Dylluanod sometimes Dallhuan. 
from Dadi, blind, and Auan, sun, z.e., 
“Sunblind.” Williams, however, gives 
Dylluan, Tylluan; Irish, Zan; Hebrew, 
flelil; and he especially mentions five 
kinds, viz., Dylluan wen, the White Owl; 
Dylluan frech, the Speckled or Streaked 
Owl, probably the Long and Short-eared 
Owls; Dylluan rudd the Brown or 
Ruddy-coloured Owl, which he also styles 
the ‘‘corpse bird,” probably from its 
frequenting churchyards ; Dylluan gorniog 
the Horned Owl, which, as he afterwards 
says, is nearly as large as the Eagle—he 
probably means the Eagle Owl; and he 
finally mentions ‘“‘a small Owl, which is 
the smallest of Owls,’ and which can be 
