HE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 63 
hen bird killed by Mr. Williams-Vaughan, 
at the Skreen, on the Wye, his 
Radnorshire residence, and close to the 
borders of Breconshire. The cock bird 
flew about in loneliness for some time, 
and was afterwards killed, and the pair 
are now in that gentleman’s collection. 
There are also several stuffed specimens 
in the town that have been killed at or 
near Brecon. 
I have also often seen it at Talybont, 
and it nested in the Priory Grove, near 
Brecon. Captain Swainson has several 
birds stuffed, and I killed a fine old 
cock bird in the autumn of 1890, near 
Talyllyn, and had it preserved. 
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 
Picus minor. 
Commoner than Picus major, but still 
far from plentiful. Occasionally one pays 
me a visit, and I have seen it in Venny- 
fach Wood, and other parts of the 
county. Its variegated plumage of black 
and white makes it so attractive that 
one cannot fail to notice it. 
It also breeds regularly at Llansaint- 
ffraed near this house. 
