328 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



A LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE DISTRICT OF 



BARMOUTH. 

 By F. C. Rawlings. 



Of late years many local lists of birds have from time to time 

 appeared, and so great and increasing is the interest taken by a 

 great portion of the public in Ornithology that little excuse is 

 needed for the publication of yet another list. With two or three 

 exceptions, all the species enumerated have been either procured 

 by, or otherwise come under the personal observation of, the 

 compiler, during a residence of nearly twenty years in the 

 locality. The district embraces a circle of about twelve miles 

 from Barmouth as a centre. I have followed the classification 

 adopted by Mr. Howard Saunders in his ' Manual of British 

 Birds,' and am indebted to my friends Dr. Hughes and Mr. Wilson 

 Roberts for their valuable assistance with the Welsh equivalents, 

 which are given in parentheses. 



Missel Thrush, Turdus viscivorus (Pen-y-llwyn). Resident, 

 common. 



Song Thrush, T. musicus (Y Fronfraith, or Bronfraith). Resi- 

 dent, common. 



Redwing, T. iliacus (Coch dan aden ; asgell coch) . Some 

 winters very numerous. 



Fieldfare, T. pilaris. (Socan Eira). In severe winters com- 

 mon, but always rarer than the preceding species. 



Blackbird, T. merula (Aderyn du ; Y Fwyalchen). Resident, 

 common. 



Ring Ouzel, T. torquatus (Y Fwyalchen; Mwyalchen y 

 Graig). Plentiful amongst the mountains, preferring the craggy 

 parts, and nesting on heather-covered ledges. 



Wheatear, Saxicola cenanthe (Tinwen-y-Garreg). Very com- 

 mon ; nests chiefly in rabbit-burrows and in stone walls. 



Whinchat, Pratincola rubetra (Aderyn yr Eithin). Common. 



Stonechat, P. rubicola (Captain Eithin ; Crac y Garreg). 

 Resident, common; just recovering from the winter of 1889 > 

 which thinned them terribly. During the frost in that year they 

 were picked up dead by dozens. 



Redstart, Ruticilla phcenicuras (Llostrhyddun). Very common. 



