54 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
bourhuod of Llangorse Lake, and on the 
banks of the Canal. Welsh, Aderyn bras 
yr yd mewn corsydd. Williams gives it 
as ‘“‘ Vsgidogon,” and he is _ probably 
correct. 
VELLOW BUNTING, Eméberiza citrinella. 
Very common. ‘The late Mr. Marsh, 
Rector of Sutton Benger, near Chippen- 
ham—whose lectures on British Birds 
are always remembered with pleasure by 
those that had the privilege, as I often 
had, of hearing them—used to say that 
the Yellow Bunting, if properly roasted 
between two vine leaves, was equal to, 
and not easily to be distinguished from, 
the celebrated Ortolan, &. hortulana, so 
eagerly sought after by gourmets on the 
Continent. Welsh, Aderyn melyn bras yr 
yd or melyn yr etthin. 
CIRL BUNTING, Emberiza Cirlus. 
I have had the great pleasure of being 
the discoverer of this little Bunting in 
this county, if not in South Wales. It 
was unknown here until I saw my son, 
J. Vaughan Phillips, kill one with a 
catapult outside my garden at Brecon, 
