26 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
may be the result of the union. 
Personally I am an utter unbeliever in 
wild bred hybrids, except when one of 
the parent birds is unable to obtain a 
mate of its own species, which could not 
be the case in the union of a Blackbird 
and a Thrush. The nearest approach I 
have seen to this union was in May, 
1897, when I saw near Llangunider a 
Cock Blackbird feeding a Thrush, 
presumably a hen, on a hedge by the 
side of the road. As against this I have 
had brought to me a bright blue egg of 
the common Peewit, where any chance 
of hybridism is utterly out of the 
question. The Welsh for Blackbird is 
Aderyn du. 
FIELDFARHE, Zurdus pilaris. 
Common in winter, when its appear- 
ance is hailed with delight by the 
sportsman, who knows that it arrives 
about the same time as the Woodcock. 
It is a very wary bird, and can take 
excellent care of itself, as anyone who 
has attempted to shoot it, has no doubt 
found out to his cost. Welsh, Sovcas 
llwydd. 
