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Chaffinch. — Very common. 



Linnet. — Fairly numerous, ascending to 1000 ft. 



Bullfinch. — One, a male, seen in Montgomeryshire. 



Common Bunting.— Not numerous in any district. 



Yellow Bunting. — Generally distributed and common. 



Starling. — One of the commonest and most generally diffused 

 birds here as elsewhere throughout the British Isles. 



Jay. — The only one seen was apparently a hen bird putting 

 the finishing touches to her nest, which was built amongst the 

 small twigs growing from the trunk of an oak ; height from the 

 ground, 8 ft.; above sea-level nearly 1100 ft. ; the tree being 

 among the last stunted stragglers on a steep hill-side. 



Magpie. — One or two pairs only observed nesting. 



Jackdaw. — Abundant in many places ; nesting in hollow oaks 

 in Radnorshire, and in the rocks above Falls of Mynach at 

 Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire. 



Raven. — Only one pair seen. 



Rook. — Numerous, though perhaps less so than in most parts 

 of England. 



Carrion Crow. — One of the commonest and most conspicuous 

 of large birds in most districts. 



Sky Lark. — Observed up to 1800 feet. 



Swift. — Very numerous, and generally distributed. 



Green Woodpecker. — Heard once only, but unmistakably, 

 at the edge of an old oak wood in Radnorshire. 



Cuckoo. — Common. 



Kestrel. — Only one pair seen, nesting on small rock. 



Common Buzzard. — One pair, nesting on small broken rock. 

 Nest a very slight structure, a few twigs thrown together and 

 lined with tufts of grass and luzula, some fresh leaves of mountain 

 ash strewed around ; position very exposed and easily accessible, 

 the usual tree in front and overhanging ledge wanting. Welsh 

 name Barcud, which really means a Kite ; in N. of England and 

 Lowland Scots, Gled or Glead. 



Heron. — Only one seen, in Cardiganshire. 



Wood Pigeon. — Numerous, some large flocks seen ; two 

 nests found in hazel and blackthorn thicket were both within two 

 feet and a half of the ground. 



Stock Dove. — Only one pair identified, first by note and 

 female lifted off nest in an old oak-stump. 



