72 Wild Life in Wales 



a " flock." Perhaps the real flocks may have already gone 

 on over-seas together, and it is only stragglers which are 

 then met with in the eastern counties of England, but there, 

 for the present, we must bid them adieu. 



The Spotted Flycatcher, which is common, is T Gwibedog 

 round Llanuwchllyn, or sometimes distinguished by the 

 adjective fanog or manog, " spotted." To the pied species 

 the name of Gwibedog fraith is applied by those who 

 pay any attention to such small birds. Of the former 

 there were no less than three nests in the decayed tops of 

 old sleepers forming posts in the railway fence within a 

 mile of the village. 



In crossing the moor above Craig Benngelog on my way 

 home, a Grasshopper Warbler was heard trilling out its 

 monotonous song, which very justly obtains for it the 

 inclusion amongst those birds which hereabouts are known 

 by the name of Troellwr, or " spinner." Telor-y-gwair is 

 another name applied to it in other parts of Wales ; but 

 here it is not at all common, for except on this occasion 

 I never met with it. 



