THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 123 
Lieut. Armitage, and was brought to me 
for identification. He informed me that 
he had some trouble to kill it and the 
quantity of blood that came from it was 
surprising. It was an adult female and 
was duly preserved. 
COMMON SCOTER, @demia nigra. 
Occurs occasionally in the winter at 
Llangorse Lake and on the Usk. One, a 
young bird, immature, was killed on the 
Usk, near Brecon, on the oth January, 
1891, by Mr. D. W. E. Thomas. Another 
immature bird was killed close to the 
town. It has also been killed near 
Talybont by Mr. A. Crawshay. In Welsh 
it is called Mor hwyad ddu, the black 
duck of the sea. 
SMEW, Mergus albellus. 
This pretty little bird sometimes visits 
Llangorse Lake, and also the river Usk. 
I have had one brought me that was 
killed there, and the late Mr. David 
Thomas, of this town, had a very good 
stuffed specimen obtained at the same 
place. 
A beautiful male Smew, in the perfect 
