Handbook to the natural history of Carmarthenshire / by T.W. Barker.

  • Barker, T. W.
Date:
[1905?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Handbook to the natural history of Carmarthenshire / by T.W. Barker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * Bearded Tit: Panurus biarmiciis. Recorded in Matthew’s Birds of Pembrokeshire as having occurred near St. Clears in 1891 (Mr. Davidson's list). R British Long-tailed Tit: Acredula rosea. Com- mon. B Great Tit: Partis major. Common. R Coal (or Cole) Tit: learns Britannicns. Fairly common. B Marsh Tit: Partis paltistris. Occasionally. A pair bred at Oaklands in 1905. B Bine Tit: Partis coertiletis. \’'erv common. B Nuthatch: Sitta caesia. I have seen one at Brynmyrddin, and am told that there are sev^eral there. A note by Mr. Browne, dated i6th March, 1873, states that he saw one that day at Penbryn, the first he had ever seen or heard of in this county. Mr. Davidson records this species as occurring in Glynhir Woods and Dynevor Park, and Mr. Powell has seen it frequently near Carreg Cennen and Tregyb. B W ren: Troglodytes parvtiltis. Very common. * B White Wagtail: Motacilla alba. I believe that I have seen this bird near Kidwelly. B Pied Wagtail: Motacilla Ingiibris. Common. B Grey Wagtail: Motacilla Melanope. Oc- casionally. B Yellow Wagtail: Motacilla Rail. Fairly com- mon. B Meadow Pipit: Anthus pratensis. Common. * Tree Pipit: Anthiis trivialis. On Mr. David- son’s list. Common in suitable localities (Dr. Salter).