RARER BIRDS OF GLAMORGANSHIRE. 169 
It is not often that Glamorganshire is favoured with a visit 
from that curious bird the Waxwing. Mr. R. Drane saw a flock 
of six or seven near Cardiff, in the winter of 1859, and has 
known of a single instance of its occurrence since. The Crossbill 
has occurred oftener. 
Most winters bring a few specimens of the Snow Bunting, 
but rarely in full adult plumage. 
Amongst other winter visitors may be mentioned the 
Brambling, Siskin, and Twite, and occasionally the Hawfinch. 
Two specimens of the Rose-coloured Pastor are noticed in 
the ‘ Fauna and Flora of Swansea,’ as having occurred near there 
in 1836 and 1837. 
The Rusty Grackle, Scolecophagus ferrugineus, a North 
American species, was shot on the East Moors, near Cardiff, on 
October 4th, 1881. My informant, Mr. R. Drane, of Cardiff, 
tells me that its plumage was in a perfect state, showing, in his 
opinion, that it was not an escaped cage-bird: this, however, is 
by no means conclusive. 
Mr. Howard Saunders, writing to me about a specimen of the 
Red-winged Starling which was killed by flying against the Nash 
Light, says, “ No doubt it was an escaped bird from some Bristol- 
bound vessel,” and this may have been the case with the last- 
named. 
_ The Chough is still to be found in moderate numbers upon 
the Gower coast, but I have never heard of its having been seen 
further eastward. 
The Raven breeds annually in the cliffs between Aberthaw 
and Dunraven, and the Hooded Crow has been obtained on 
several occasions. 
Mr. E. C. Phillips, in his ‘Birds of Breconshire,’ says he 
has seen but one stuffed specimen of the Nutcracker, Nucifraga 
caryocatactes, in Wales, and that was a bird in perfect plumage 
killed in Glamorganshire many years ago, so I am able to include it. 
Seven well-authenticated specimens of the Hoopoe can be 
claimed for the county, two of which are recorded by Mr. Dillwyn 
in his ‘ Fauna and Flora of Swansea.’ 
On November 19th, 1885, a female example of the Little 
Bustard was obtained near Gileston, and is now in the collection 
of the Rev. H. Morgan-Stratford, Rector of St. Athan. This is 
the only example that I have known to occur in Glamorganshire. 
