92 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
GREY PHALAROPE, 
Phalaropus fulicarius. 
One killed on the Wye, near Glasbury. 
I have seen this bird, which has been 
preserved; it is in winter plumage. 
WOODCOCK, Scolopax rusticola. 
Our county has long been celebrated 
for its Woodcock-shooting, but alas, it 
is but too true that the Woodcock gets 
scarcer and scarcer each succeeding year. 
I think the last hard winters have 
considerably lessened their numbers. 
The season 1881-82 was the worst for 
Woodcocks I ever remember. In beating 
a large cover in February, 1882, I only 
flushed a single bird, where in years past 
I have often found a dozen, it being a 
favourite place for them early in the 
year. I think it may possibly breed 
occasionally with us as some few years 
since a young Woodcock was picked up 
near Talgarth some time in the summer 
not quite fully fledged and reported to 
me at the time. Welsh, Cyffylog. 
GREAT SNIPE, Gallinago major. 
Occurs oftener with us than is gener- 
