THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 53 
NUTHATCH, Sitla cesta. 
This bird has been certainly increasing 
for the last few years. It was formerly 
scarce here. I have seen it several 
times in my garden, when I _ was 
attracted by its piping note. Miss Lloyd, 
of Llandefaelog near Brecon, who so 
kindly gave me the particulars of the 
nesting of the Hen Harrier at Nantgwyllt, 
tells me that the Nuthatch breeds at 
Llandefaelog, but she thinks the district 
too cold for them. I see it, however, 
much more often than formerly. 
SNOW BUNTING, Zméeriza nivalis. 
Some were reported me as having been 
seen near Llanthomas, Hay, in the 
month of January, 1879. 
COMMON BUNTING, £mberiza miliaria. 
Uncommon throughout the county. I 
get them occasionally reported; it is 
much more plentiful in the adjoining 
county of Cardigan, especially near the 
Sea Coast. Welsh, Aderyn bras yr yd. 
REED BUNTING, Eméeriza schericlus, 
Common, especially in the  neigh- 
