The Zoologist— May, 1869. 1671 



longitudinal dark lines ; breast and flanks pale reddish fawn, with 

 triangular patches of reddish brown, giving the appearance of broad 

 longitudinal markings; thighs with transverse and longitudinal mark- 

 ings of light brown ; irides yellow. 



Kite. — A fine bird, in the Earl of Cawdor's collection at Stackpole 

 Court, is said to have been killed in Carmarthenshire : I believe it 

 has been taken in Pembrokeshire. 



Buzzard. — In May, 1866, I had the unexpected pleasure of seeing 

 a pair at Llangranog, on the Cardiganshire coast, where I have no 

 doubt they had a nest ; I was first struck by their peculiar, plaintive 

 note, greatly resembling the mewing of a kitten. Never having seen 

 this bird on the wing before, and they being some 300 feet above me, 

 I was some time before I could be sure of the species : they were 

 mobbed by several crows and jackdaws; as they wheeled and doubled 

 about, their rounded wings gave them a very unhawk-like appearance: 

 I was glad to find they had selected so safe a nesting-place, it being a 

 shelving rock overgrown with ferns and grass. 



Marsh Harrier. — A fine specimen in the plumage of the first year, 

 in the Earl of Cawdor's collection, is said to have been killed near 

 Stackpole Court. 



Hen Harrier. — A pair were killed near Troed-y-rawr, Cardigan- 

 shire, in the spring of 1868; from the description given of the male 

 he must have been in adult plumage. Like many another rarity which 

 would rejoice the heart of a naturalist, he was destroyed. I am sorry 

 to say the nest was taken about the same time, and the female 

 killed. 



Scops Eared Owl. — A beautiful specimen was caught by a labouring 

 man, near Pembroke, last spring : he was trimming a hedge at the 

 lime, when it fluttered out from the bottom : I saw it in Mr. Tracy's 

 shop, but unfortunately he took no note of the sex or when it was 

 taken to him. 



Pied Flycatcher. — Specimens in the collection at Stackpole Court 

 (Mr. Tracy tells me) were killed in the neighbourhood, also that the 

 bird is occasionally seen in the spring and autumn. 



Ring Ouzel. — Although I have not seen this bird, I have every 

 reason to believe it breeds (occasionally, at least) in this district. 

 My young friend, Arthur Phillips, of Newcastle Emlyn, took some 

 eggs in 1867, when he distinctly saw the bird leave the nest. 



Redstart. — The first time I noticed this bird was in the summer of 

 1866 — a pair had a nest in an old bee-house at Kilwendeage : they 



