108 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
lections of British Birds in Wiltshire, 
told me that he had seen it twice in his 
life, and those were days to be marked 
with a white stone. I never kill one 
now except to oblige a brother naturalist. 
I may add that I have never seen it on 
any of the bogs near Llanwrtyd, which 
bears out my observation as to its 
partiality for particular localities. It has 
also been obtained near Hay, on the 
other side of the county. I saw one 
killed in a bog in Ayrshire at the end 
of November last year. 
MOORHEN, Gadllinula chloropus. 
Very general everywhere, except on 
some of our rivers and brooks. Though 
plentiful on the Brecon Canal, and on 
all our lakes and ponds, especially 
Llangorse Lake, it is hardly ever seen on 
bogs on the hills, preferring water where 
it can swim and feed in quietude, and 
this it is unable to do on rapid streams. 
It is very common in the Rock Pool on 
the Usk under this house, and as the 
birds are never disturbed, they get very 
tame, sometimes even mixing with poul- 
try. I may add that this bird is very 
