1070 The Zoologist— May, i869. 



found on our coast I am certain, and I trust ere long to obtain 



specimens. 



John Cordeaux. 

 March 31, 1869. 



Errata. — In "Oruilhological Notes from North Lincolnshire" fZool. S. S. 1543), 

 paragraph " Woodcock," line two, /or "heard of them" read "heard of ihree." In 

 " Notes on Bird Parasites" (S. S. 1587), lines three and four, for " ten sharp crooked 

 claws " read " two sharp crooked claws." — /. C. 



Ornithological Notes from Pembrokeshire. 

 By Thomas Dix, Esq. 



(Continued from Zool. S. S. 140). 



Peregrine Falcon. — This bird still breeds on the coast between 

 Tenby and St. David's. I have not been so fortunate as to see the 

 species, but my friend H. F. Bailey saw an adult bird last June by 

 the Stack Rocks at Flimstone, near Pembroke, and Mr. Tracy of that 

 place (to whom I am greatly indebted for information respecting the 

 birds of his district) tells me two or three pairs still breed between 

 Caldy Island and Milford Haven : two or three years since a nest of 

 four young ones was taken near the Stacks by a party of eggers. 

 Some twenty years ago this bird must have been exceedingly nume- 

 rous on this coast : Mr. Tracy says — " From Caldy Island round to 

 St. David's as many as twelve pairs could be counted during the 

 months of May and June; they generally fix upon a situation for their 

 nests in March, and lay in April — mostly in the old nest of a raven or 

 crow, selecting the most inaccessible places on the cliffs ; there are 

 generally four or five eggs : in one instance I saw six young birds." 

 Perhaps I should have begun this list with the Greenland falcon, as 

 the bird figured in Yarrell as the gyr falcon was killed on Stackpole 

 Warren, by the father of Mr. Tracy, of Pembroke. 



Merlin. — An autumn and winter visitor, when it is not uncommon, 

 particularly in the lower part of the county : immature birds are the 

 most numerous. 



Sparrow Hawk. — A young male was brought me in September, 

 1867, in singular plumage; I thought at first sight it was a young 

 merlin : the back and upper parts are dark liver-brown, each feather 

 edged with light reddish brown ; throat light fawu-colour, with slight 



