THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 95 
sportsman killed, near Builth, twenty 
couple of Snipe on the 1st of August 
last, but this I should consider excep- 
tional. 
JACK SNIPE, Gallinago gallinula. 
Very common with us, especially 
during the season 1881. I think this 
bird stands the severe cold better than 
the Common Snipe, and is, as its French 
name implies, of a more sluggish nature, 
A gentleman in this town who had 
been shooting over one of the large 
Snipe bogs near Trecastle in December, 
1889, told me that his party had moved 
from thirty to forty Jack Snipe in one 
day. This little bird has a very strong 
scent; most dogs hunt them with 
eagerness, and pointers and _ setters 
usually stand them with great staunch- 
ness. Welsh, some call it Guzach bach, 
which is simply Little Snipe. 
CURLEW, Numenius arquatus. 
Breeds very generally with us on 
most, > if, not. alk of) our: hills.) and 
in many swampy places, making its 
appearance with great regularity about 
