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sea level, and Llanarmon village, on the river level, is, I know, 

 850 feet above the sea." 



Merionethshire. — "One specimen near Bontddu'"(Mr. F. C. 

 Rawlings, 'List of Birds of Barmouth District,' 1887, p. 5). 



Breconshire. — Mr. E. Cambridge Phillips, of Brecon, writes, 

 "Very scarce. I think slightly increasing. First noticed by 

 me on March 15th, 1888. Probably often mistaken for Yellow- 

 hammer." A nest with four eggs was taken on a hillside close 

 to Brecon (the bird clearly identified), June 6th, 1890. A male 

 was shot near the nest a day or two after, and another male seen 

 (Capt. E. A. Swainson, Zool. 1890, p. 271). Capt. Swainson, in 

 a letter dated April 15th, 1891, gives me the following interesting 

 additional particulars : — He could state that it was then to be 

 observed in some at least of its former haunts. On April 4th he 

 heard one singing in his garden, for the first time since the 

 previous August. He had a good view of it, and had heard it 

 daily since. The Cirl Bunting frequented the same locality as 

 the one shot in June, 1890. On April 7th he heard another Cirl 

 Bunting about a mile from Brecon, and is inclined to think this 

 species was a fresh visitor to the district in 1890, and only 

 occurred there in recent years previously as a straggler. He did 

 not observe it there in the winter of 1890-91. 



Cardiganshire. — Capt. Swainson heard the song in two places 

 close to Aberystwith, July 23rd, 1891, and shot an adult male 

 there (Zool. 1891, p. 353). 



No instance is known to Mr. E. H. Jones, as he informs me, 

 of its occurrence in north-west Radnorshire. 



Glamorganshire. — Mr. Cambridge Phillips says that his 

 remarks as to Brecon apply to this county also. Mr. D. W. S. 

 Nicholl mentions two occurrences — one as long back as 1876, 

 and a male near Cowbridge on April 4th, 1889 (Zool. 1889, p. 168). 

 A pair was seen at Porthkerry, near Barry, Cardiff, for some weeks 

 in the spring of 1889 (Zool. 1889, p. 233), and they bred there in 

 1891 (Rev. W. E. R. Allan, 'Field,' Aug. 15th, 1891). 



Pembrokeshire. — The Rev. Murray A. Mathew writes : — " It 

 was unknown as resident, and only an accidental visitor at 

 long intervals. There were specimens in Lord Cawdor's col- 

 lection at Stackpole, obtained near Tenby, and these are the 

 only instances of its occurrence in the county of which I have 

 knowledge. 



