THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 109 
little liable to albinism, and a White 
Moorhen is almost unknown. Two oc- 
currences, however, one only partial, 
have been reported me from Wiltshire. 
Welsh, Dyfriar, Waterhen. 
COOT, Fulica atra, 
Very common on Llangorse Lake, 
where it breeds, as it does also on a few 
other smaller lakes in the county; but 
the large number of Coots that appear in 
the early part of the winter are migrants 
from other parts. I think it is increasing 
of late years, and since the Gludy Lake, 
near Brecon, has been looked after, it 
has become much more numerous there. 
This would also be the case at Llangorse 
Lake, but for the constant fusilade which 
takes place there every year directly the 
shooting season opens (August), and 
which must inevitably drive away every 
bird from its waters. It is worth 
remarking that on our deep hill-bogs the 
Coot is never found, and only occasion- 
ally the Moorhen. On the Onllwyn Bog, 
before mentioned, I have never seen 
either of these birds, and this is, I 
should think, the largest and deepest bog 
