THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 55 
near the top of King street, on the 
15th March, 1888. It was a cock bird 
in beautiful plumage, and I have it 
stuffed at the present time. In 1890 
Capt. Swainson took the nest in a 
field behind the Memorial College, 
Brecon, and he has killed several birds 
for the purpose of identification, It 
has also occurred in several other places 
in the county. No doubt it has always 
existed here, but from its resemblance to 
the Yellow Bunting it was unobserved 
before. 
CHAFFINCH, Fvingilla celebs. 
May with truth be said to be the 
commonest bird we have, and the 
boldest. A curious variety of a uniform 
delicate fawn-colour, which I have had 
the pleasure of inspecting, was killed at 
Velinnewydd by Mr. Williams-Vaughan 
of that place. 
Some years since, my second son 
noticed a Chaffinch fluttering on a 
beech tree near Brecon. He caught 
it, and, upon examination, found 
that it had one of its legs firmly 
wedged in the husk of one of the beech 
