THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 27 
REDWING, Zurdus tliacus. 
Equally plentiful; it arrives at the 
same time and generally in company 
with the Fieldfare; it sometimes stays 
late on in the spring, and once in 
Wiltshire I heard it singing at that time. 
Until then I had no idea its song was so 
beautiful. A flock of several were 
singing on a thorn, and, not knowing 
the song, I killed one and found to my 
surprise it was a Redwing. Welsh, Coch 
yr aden. 
RING OUZEL, Zurdus torquatus. 
Fairly common at times on _. our 
heathery moors. I have observed it on 
a hill called the Crug, near Brecon, and 
generally in the autumn. It nests 
regularly on the Eppynt Hills in this 
County. 
The Welsh is Merwys. Williams 
seems to have known this bird very well 
and gives three quotations from his 
favourite Bards, viz. : 
“TLliw’r merwys yu lloi mawrion.” 
T. Aled i Ychen duon. 
‘Mor fad a’r merwys ydwyd.”’ 
‘Nid un ymryson don merwysod.” ee 
Dafydd Alaw, 1500. 
