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BIRD LIFE IN WILD WALES 



noticed from my window a pair of Hawfinches. 

 This finch is a vara avis in this part of Wales. In 

 the afternoon walked to the A. Rocks. These rocks 

 are very curious in places, rising in various turreted 

 forms, and are extremely precipitous. I noticed a 

 pair of Kestrels, besides many Jackdaws and a 

 few Stock Doves, but no Rock Doves. The author 



HAWFINCH'S NEST. 



of the " Birds of this County " makes a serious 

 mistake in the first edition of his book when he 

 says that this species (the Rock Dove) breeds in 

 these rocks ; I found no trace of it, and I have it 

 on very good authority that it never has done so. 

 And even supposing it did breed here, it would 

 undoubtedly be a case of tame Pigeons lapsing into 



