6 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



writes : " I have been a great deal on the hills at all seasons 

 without seeing or hearing the Twite. Moreover, I have often 

 looked for it upon the mountains of North Wales, but without 

 success." Personally I have failed to meet with the Twite in 

 Cardiganshire, even in localities which appeared extremely well 

 suited to it. Mr. G. H. Caton-Haigh has not come across it in 

 Merionethshire. As regards Carnarvonshire, Mr. 0. V. Aplin, 

 when on the mountain called Yr Eifi, or The Rivals, north of 

 Pwllheli, noticed one or two birds which he judged to be Twites 

 from their note. He states that Mr. Coward saw flocks on The 

 Rivals and Cam Madryn (Zool. 1900, p. 493). I have no in- 

 formation from the Berwyn mountains, where the heather- 

 grown grouse-moors furnish much likely ground. The evidence 

 thus favours the view that the Twite ranges into North Wales, 

 but does not reach the central or southern hill- districts of the 

 Principality. 



The Hawfinch Capt. Swainson characterizes as a rare resident 

 in Breconshire. He writes : " I know of two instances of its 

 nesting here (at Brecon). About three years ago small flocks 

 attacked the peas in July, and on two occasions several were 

 shot." 



The Wryneck is described as " very rare " in Breconshire. 

 Capt. Swainson says, " I am acquainted with its cry, which I 

 have heard here only once, eleven years ago." Mr. F. T. Feilden 

 has heard the note of the Wryneck at Three Cocks Junction. 



With reference to the Kite in Breconshire, Capt. Swainson 

 writes as follows : — 



" Still a resident, but very rare. It is difficult to estimate 

 the number of pairs, as they change their nesting places from 

 year to year, but I should be inclined to think that there are 

 about two pairs left. I myself have not seen bird or nest for 

 seven years. Formerly the Kite used to breed yearly near 

 Aberbran, about five miles west from Brecon (Zool. 1889, p. 226). 

 In 1894 a pair of Buzzards took possession of the wood and 

 nested, and the Kites were not to be found, but in 1895 they 

 returned. There is in a Brecon collection a clutch of three 

 eggs taken from this wood. There are five or six places in the 

 county where the Kite occasionally nests or tries to. I have 

 heard on pretty good authority that a pair brought off a brood 



