I00 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
sewage farm, near Brecon. This was a 
very old cock bird with the longest crest 
and brest plumes I have ever observed, 
and its plumage was otherwise perfect. 
It now adorns my small collection of 
Breconshire birds. 
PURPLE HERON, Ardea purpurea. 
Has once been killed in the county, 
near Talybont. The gentleman who 
shot it told me there were three together 
on the River Usk, near this place. 
This specimen, which has been preserved, 
I have had the pleasure of inspecting, 
and a beautiful specimen it is. 
SQUACCO HERON, Ardea comata. 
One of these unusually rare visitors 
was shot by Captain Hotchkis on the 
_ River Wye, near Hay, in Breconshire, on 
May 3rd, 1867, and is now in the col- 
lection of the late Mr Baskerville, of 
Clyro Court, Hay, who kindly favoured 
me with these particulars. 
BITTERN, Botaurus stellaris. 
If ever there was a county that for- 
merly echoed with the “ boom” of the 
