THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. I19 
Lake, where in hard weather it congre- 
gates in numbers, but is scarce elsewhere 
in the county. Occasionally a few visit 
the Gludy Lake, and a few frequent the 
Usk and Wye in severe weather. I have 
never seen it on any of the mountain 
bogs, and, I need hardly add, it never 
breeds with us. Welsh, Gwiwell or 
Chwiws. Evidently this name is from 
the noise or cry the bird makes. 
TEAL, Querquedula crecca. 
Fairly plentiful with us, and breeding 
sparsely in several places in the county. 
Ihave found its young in a very small 
and deep pond called by us the “ Teal 
Pond” on the Eppynt Hill, near Merthyr 
Cynog. They seem to have taken a 
great liking for this small pool, and I in- 
variably found a flock there in the 
winter, and a pair nested there regularly. 
They breed in a large bog near Cray, on 
the Trath bog near Brecon, and on the 
large bog at Onllwyn, besides other 
places. I have little doubt that, if they 
had anything like quiet, they would 
breed at Llangorse in some numbers. 
They are occasionally plentiful there in 
