62 ‘THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
she would have nested here. In the 
same year they were equally plentiful in 
the adjoining county of Carmarthen. In 
the winter of 1887-8, there were great 
flocks all over the county, some staying 
until quite late in the spring of 1888. 
PARROT ‘CROSSBILL, 
Losia pityopsittacus. 
Two killed by Capt. Swainson. AI- 
though this bird is not considered by 
modern authorities as entitled to sub- 
specific rank, yet as it is distinguished 
from the last named bird by its very 
much larger bill, I have thought it best 
to record it as above. 
GREEN WOODPECKER, Picus viridzs 
Plentiful throughout the county. On 
the ,Crug,\ a: hill, near’: Brecon,) dias 
common, and may often be seen on the 
short turf there feeding. and, if disturbed, 
flying with its undulating flight to the 
nearest tree, uttering at intervals its loud 
and somewhat weird cry. Welsh, Codlyn- 
y-coed. 
GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 
Picus major. 
Increasing. I have seen a _ beautiful 
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