48 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
throat; he also appeared slightly larger 
than the Gold-crest. He had another 
with him, which we secured a few days 
after, very near the same place where we 
secured the cock. This was the hen 
bird, and she was much smaller than the 
cock, and less bright in all her mark- 
ings, but they both had the beautiful 
gold sort of mantle on the sides of the 
neck. I dare say I shall be blamed for 
killing this pair of birds, but I have 
been looking out for the Fire-crest for 
the last eighteen years and this is the 
first time I have been able to positively 
identify it in the flesh as occurring here, 
as from the incessant movements of both 
this bird and the Gold-crest one is 
unable to distinguish the stripes on the 
head which almost alone marks the 
difference in the two birds. I have had 
them both preserved. 
COMMON WREN, 7voglodytes parvulus. 
Very abundant, and like the Robin, a 
universal favourite with the Welsh. The 
Welsh for Wren is Dryw (Williams). 
GREAT TITMOUSE, Parus major. 
Very abundant. A lady formerly 
