58 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
Linnet that it is very probable it occurs 
occasionally. The bird catchers, of 
which there are a few in Brecon, tell 
me, however, that they take it from time 
to time. 
LESSER REDPOLL, Linota rufescens. 
Not common, but still occurring in fair 
numbers. A_ station-master on one of 
our principal Welsh lines tells me that 
he catches both the Redpolls, especially 
the Lesser Redpoll, in his traps when 
taking Goldfinches, and that he can sell 
the latter, but not the former. I imagine 
however, that the Linnet is mistaken by 
him for the Mealy Redpoll. The Lesser 
Redpoll makes a lively little pet, but its 
rich marking soon vanishes in confine- 
ment. Welsh, Léinos bengoch, the Red- 
headed Linnet. 
TREE SPARROW, Passer montanus. 
Resident with us, but in no_ great 
numbers. I have seen it killed at Upper 
House, Tredomen, and elsewhere, and a 
pied one was killed near Brecon by one 
of my sons. Welsh, Aderyn y to geir 
mewn bargod. 
