68 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
hatched, and it will scuttle out of sight 
directly. 
In the year 1887, a beautiful nearly 
White Swift made its appearance on 
the river at Dinas, and visited us again 
for the succeeding two years. It was 
all white except its wings, a little of 
its tail, and a small portion of its head, 
and was a most striking looking bird on 
the wing. I did not see it in 1890. I 
fear it was destroyed. On the 1th, 
August, 1890, my second son shot a 
White Sand Martin on the lake at 
Llangorse. Williams gives Swallow in 
Welsh, Gwenol, and adds Gwenol yr dur, 
Martin, or Water Swallow; and Gwenol 
y glenydd, the Sand Martin. 
NIGHTJAR, Caprimulgus curapeus. 
Common on all our heathy hills. 
Many a time have I had it brought to 
me as a great rarity, and as often 
have I totally failed in impressing on 
my visitor that, if he only watched 
“between the lights,” he might see them 
almost any summer evening. How well 
I remember my first introduction to this 
