56 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
nuts, and was kept a prisoner with its 
head downwards. It had seemingly 
been in this strange position for some 
time, as the bird was a perfect skeleton, 
and would, no doubt, have soon died 
from exhaustion. It was not until the 
heat of the room had opened the husk 
that the foot came out. The Chaffinch 
in Welsh is Wine or Gwine (Williams) 
whence probably the English name 
“ Twink.” 
BRAMBLING, Fringilla montifringilla. 
Not common, but it sometimes occurs 
here in flocks in the winter. When 
shooting at Merthyr Cynog in January, 
1896, I saw a large flock of Finches, 
and not being certain of their identity, 
I killed several at a shot when I found, 
much to my Surprise,” they were 
Bramblings. 
GOLDFINCH, Fringzlla carduelis. 
Very general all over the county. We 
are fortunately not very much troubled 
with professional birdcatchers, with their 
call-birds and nets, but only by a few 
amateurs, so that I think this may in 
