THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 41. 
say that the year-old bird kills the two- 
year-old bird, but I think the weaker 
generally goes to the wall. One day a 
man called my attention to two Robins 
fighting, and one killed the other in an 
incredibly short space of time; he then 
picked up and showed me the dead bird, 
and it certainly was a fine old male, in 
beautiful plumage. It appeared to have 
been choked by the victor, as its 
plumage was almost unruffled. Capt. 
Sandeman found a nest of pure white 
Robins eggs this year at Courtygollen, 
near Crickhowell. The Welsh for Robin 
is Bronrhuddyn, Red Breast. (Williams). 
REDSTART, Ruticilla phenicura. 
Is invariably called here “ firebrand- 
tail,” and is very common in the 
gardens around Brecon and in the woods 
of the county. The Welsh is Léost- 
rhuddyn, Red Tail. 
BLACK REDSTART, Ruticilla tithys. 
One seen some years since resting for 
a short time on the roof of Llanthomas, 
a house situate near Hay, in this county. 
As far as can be remembered, it was in 
