THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 127 
common there, breeding regularly, but in 
no other place in the county that I am 
aware of. Its shy and retiring habits, 
its wonderful sight, and diving powers, 
have alone preserved it from extirpation ; 
but with all these in its favour it often 
gets killed, as the many stuffed speci- 
mens both here and elsewhere so abun- 
dantly testify. Mr. Alfred Crawshay, 
shooting round the lake some years ago, 
noticing a great commotion in the 
reeds made by a Grebe, fired at it, and 
on rowing up, found he had killed a 
male and a female Great Crested Grebe 
and one young one, which at the time 
he fired must have been sheltering under 
her wings. He has had the three 
stuffed to commemorate the incident. It 
is a pity this bird should be killed, for 
on a large lake like Llangorse it would 
do actual good by keeping down the 
extraordinary number of small roach and 
perch that swarm there. 
LITTLE GREBE, Podiceps minor. 
Common throughout the county. It 
breeds on Llangorse Lake, and occasion- 
ally on smaller lakes and ponds here, 
