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Genus XXIX. Upupa. 
]. U. Epops (Hoopoe). 
Several instances have occurred of the Hoopoe having been 
met with both in Norfolk and Suffolk, particularly in the latter 
county. 
Genus XXX. Merops. 
1. M. Apiaster (Bee-eater). 
— A Bee-eater, killed on a white-thorn at Blyburgh in the month 
of May, is now in the possession of Mr. Whittingham of Yox- 
ford. Another, shot near Yarmouth, is in the collection of 
Mr. Seaman of Ipswich. This is a smaller bird than the former. 
In the third volume of the Linnean Transactions mention is also 
made of a bird of this species having been killed in Norfolk. 
Genus XXXI. ALCEDO. 
1. A. Ispida (Kingfisher). 
The Kingfisher appears to vary much in size: we have seen 
large ones in Suffolk and in Essex, whereas all those we have 
met with in Nottinghamshire have been smaller. This bird 
seems to be subject to a partial migration, as it comes up the 
river Gipping in Suffolk every autumn. In the autumn of 1818 
Kingfishers abounded along the shores and creeks of the Stour, 
though not one was to be seen in the summer. | At the latter 
end of the last year none were to be found in the same places. 
Some were destroyed by the severity of the preceding winter, 
and were picked up dead ;' and it is probable that others might 
have perished by the rising of the waters from the heavy rains 
which fell during the breeding season. . Temminck asserts that 
this bird, besides fish, will eat aquatic insects, worms, leeches, 
and snails. A young one which Montagu had would eat nothing 
but 
