66 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
of Llangorse by Mr. Penry Lloyd, who 
then lived at Brynderwen, and who was 
kind enough to give me this information. 
No doubt others have occurred from time 
to time but were unrecognised and so 
are unrecorded. 
CUCKOO, Cuculus canorus. 
Very common. In 1880 one frequented 
my garden in Brecon where, as the 
gardener expressed it, it “sang lovely.” 
The Welsh name is Gog. 
KINGFISHER, Alcedo ispida. 
Fairly numerous on the Usk and Wye 
and on the Brecon Canal, but certainly 
increasing during the last two or three 
years. It is only occasionally seen on 
the mountain streams, and I think that 
it prefers slow-running water. It is very 
susceptible of cold. Looking one frosty 
day over the Honddu Bridge, near the 
Castle, in Brecon, I saw close by the 
houses a Kingfisher perched, like a dull 
emerald ball, on a willow by the slack 
water that turns the mill. Repeated 
stones failed to move him, but at last he 
seemed to wake up, and, showing all his 
