BIRDS. 163 



Fam. Caprimulgidae. 



Caprimulgus europaeus, Linnaeus. Nightjar. Pretty c. Ayr ; r. Kenfrew 

 and Lanark ; c. Arran ; occurs in Bute ; c. at Kyles of Bute (Eagle 

 Clarke) ; often on moors at L. Lomond (Lumsden). 



Fam. Picidae. 



lynx torquilla, Linnaeus. Wryneck. One "was lately shot" Stat. Account, 

 Hamilton Parish, Lanark. 1841. Another shot nr. Garnkirk in first 

 week of Oct. (1871 ?) (Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, ii., p. 179). 



Dendrocopus major (Linnaeus). -Great Spotted Woodpecker. An occasiona 1 

 winter visitor. 



Fam. Alcedinidae. 



Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus. Kingfisher. Not unc. in Ayr, Renfrew, and 

 Lanark. Has nested at Brodick (Dr. Neil Fullartoti). Comparatively 

 r. L. Lomond (Lumsden) ; somewhat r. Inveraray ( Vert. Fauna of 

 Argyll, etc.). 



Fam. Coraciidae. 



Coracias garrulus, Linnaeus. Roller. " . . . has been seen in this parish ; ' 

 (Stevenston, Stat. Account of Ayrshire, 1837). One from Greenock 

 Harbour, 27/6/1847, in Mas. of Science and Art, Edinburgh. One shot 

 Biggar, Oct. 1866 (Gray), ami another observed by late Duke of Argyll, 

 at Inveraray, Feby. 1888. 



Fam. Meropidae. 



Merops apiaster, Linnaeus. Bee-eater. One nr. Paisley, 8/1869 (Gray) ; 

 one Paisley Moss, about 1872 (A. Stevenson, Paisley Nat, MS. List). 



Fam. Upupidae. 



Upupa epops, Linnaeus. Hoopoe. One shot Coylton, Ayr. 10/1836 (Mag. 

 of Geol. and Botany, i., p. 491) ; one at Dean Castle, Ayr., shot 

 " some years ago" (Kilmarnock Standard, 12/3/98). One shot Renfrew 

 (W. Small, Paisley Nat. MS. List). One 5/77, Arran (Pr. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Glas., iii., p. 225). One Cardross, Dumbarton, 1/1 1/ ? (Op. cit., iv., 

 p. 12). One nr. Campbeltown, 1887 (Op. cit., ii. (n. s.), p. xlv.). 



Fam. Cuculidae. 

 Cuculus canorus, Linnaeus. Cuckoo. Common. 



ORDER STRIGES. 



Fam. Strigidae. 



Strix flammea, Linnaeus. White or Barn-Owl. Freq., apparently c. 

 formerly. 



Asio otus (Linnaeus). Long-eared Owl. C. 



A. acciptrinus (Pallas). Short-eared Owl. Freq. autumn and winter. R. 

 as a breeding species. 



Syrnium aluco (Linnaeus). Tawny Owl. C. 



Nyctea scandiaca (Linnaeus). Snowy Owl. R. winter visitor, Ayr, 1 ; 

 Renfrew, 3 ; Dumbarton, 1 ; (Gray) ; one recently in Dumbarton, 

 (Mr. W. A. Donnelly). 



Surnia funerea (Linnaeus). American Hawk-Owl ; 



S. lllula (Linnaeus). European Hawk-Owl. Two seen in parish of Kil- 

 michael-Glassary about 1858 (Vert. Fauna Argyll, p. 101); one shot, 

 Maryhill, nr. Glasgow, 12/1863 ; one taken in the flesh to a Greenock 

 bird-stuffer, 10/1868 (Gray). The Maryhill spec, was " recognizable at a 

 glance as the American bird" (Dresser, Birds of Europe, v. v., pp. 310, 311). 



