THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 65 
if it was not Picus martius, what bird 
was it? I omitted to state that it flew 
with a bold sweeping flight, and with 
its tail slightly forked. I heard its cry 
twice afterwards, but saw it no more. 
WRYNECK, /ynx torgquilla. 
Not common with us but its nest has 
been taken by some young friends of 
mine. I imagine it occurs very sparingly 
throughout the county, although, as a 
summer migrant, its numbers are of 
course liable to variation. The Welsh 
name for Wryneck is Gwas-y-gog (the 
servant of the Cuckoo). 
HOOPOE, Ufpupa epops. 
This beautiful bird occurs only as an 
accidental visitor with us. JI can, 
however, out of many reports, give three 
with certainty, viz, one killed at 
Cathedine, near Llangorse, by the late 
Mr. David Brown, and late in the 
possession of Mr. David Thomas of this 
town, and since given me by Mr. Edgar 
Thomas of Brecon; another killed some 
years since at Ffrwdgrech, near Brecon; 
and a third killed in the neighbourhood 
