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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Magpie, b. 



Jackdaw, b. 



Eaven. 



Carrion Crow, b. 



Eook. 



Sky Lark. 



Swift. 



Nightjar. 



Wryneck. 



Green Woodpecker, 



Kingfisher. 



Cuckoo. 



White Owl, b. 



Tawny Owl, b. 

 Sparrow Hawk, b 

 Peregrine Falcon. 

 Kestrel, b. 

 Cormorant. 

 Heron. 

 Bean Goose, 



over. 

 Wild Duck, b. 

 Teal. 



Tufted Duck. 

 Ring Dove, b. 

 Turtle Dove. 



Pheasant, b. 

 Corn Crake, b. 

 Water Eail. 

 Moor Hen, b. 

 Golden Plover. 

 Lapwing, 

 passing Woodcock. 

 Snipe. 



Curlew, passing over 

 Common Gull, ditto. 

 Herring Gull, ditto. 

 Lesser Black-backed 

 Little Grebe. [Gull, ditto. 





Total species observed, 80 ; total species nesting, 45. 



Notes. — Chiffchaff and Willow Wren. — One summer 

 thirteen nests of Chiffchaff and two of Willow Wren were 

 detected in the grounds, probably the relative numerical pro- 

 portion of the two species in North Pembrokeshire. Both nests 

 of the Willow Wren were lined with the small feathers of the 

 Heron, numbers of these birds frequenting the pond on the lawn 

 near which the nests were found. 



Icterine Warbler. — Was detected by its beautiful song in 

 the spring of 1886. Many people used to come to listen to the 

 bird, which I frequently saw while in song. As it remained for 

 weeks, it might have had a mate and nest. It did not return the 

 following year. 



Tits. — As there were numerous evergreens in the plantations, 

 all the species of Tit were abundant, and some beautiful nests of 

 the Long-tailed Tit were found : one, in an oak, was constructed 

 of dead oak-leaves mixed with the glaucous lichen from the trunk 

 of the tree ; another, in a willow overhanging the stream, was 

 built of green moss, in which were worked numerous short and 

 bright feathers from the Cock Pheasant. 



Carrion Crow. — This bird was a pest, flocking into the 

 shrubberies to nest from the bare country round. One spring I 

 waged war against them, and destroyed over twenty nests, getting 

 a fine series of nearly one hundred eggs. 



Wryneck. — Was only once seen on passage in April. 



Tawny Owl. — Semi-domesticated and very tame ; nesting 

 every year in old pigeon boxes against the house ; and in old 

 Crows' nests. 



Turtle Dove. — Only one seen late in October. 



