THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. IOI 
Bittern, it must have been Breconshire ; 
now, however, it is scarce. Still a great 
many have been killed in various parts 
of the county from time to time. Mr. 
Gwynne Holford shot one at Llangorse 
Lake some years ago, Mr Rees Williams 
has killed it on the Usk, and Mr 
Crawshay at Llangorse, and several have 
been killed and seen there since. Near 
Llandulas Church, situate in the most 
wide and desolate part of the county, 
and which was hunted by the late Col. 
Jones, of Llandovery, with his excellent 
pack of harriers, there are several rushy 
bogs, and not long since, in one of these, 
the Colonel when hunting constantly 
flushed a Bittern; it did not fly far, 
but settled again close _ by. The 
feathers of this bird were formerly—and 
I believe still are—in great request with 
anglers for making a particular salmon 
fly. The Welsh for Bittern is, like most 
other Welsh names, wonderfully descrip- 
tive, viz., Aderyn-y-bwn (the bird with 
the hollow sound), from “bwmp” a 
hollow sound ; hence probably the English 
word “boom,” so generally applied to 
the noise made by the bird. 
