74 'THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
guished from that bird by its smaller 
size.. Welsh, Vsguthell. 
ROCK DOVH, Columba livia. 
Uncommon. Mr. Crawshay has killed 
two in a stone-quarry near Cyfarthfa, just 
over, if not actually in, the county; they 
are all of the Columdbide, the most 
dificult of approach and the most 
dificult to shoot. Indeed, the quantity 
of shot this bird will carry away almost 
surpasses belief. 
TURTLE DOVE, Zurtur auritus. 
A summer visitant, but in spare 
numbers. One place in the county 
where I usually notice it is on the large 
flat tract of land between Three Cocks 
and Boughrood the property of Lord 
Tredegar.':' 1. see 1€ algo) on) Newson 
Fatm, ‘near vhere, )and, it) isin “ereater 
numbers than formerly. Welsh, Zurtuz, 
probably from its note, whence evidently 
its name of Turtle. 
PHEASANT, Phasianus colchicus. 
I cannot say when the Pheasant was 
