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BIEDS OF THE BEISTOL DISTEICT. 



Genus. Sitta. 



Sitta Europaea - l^uthatcli - Indigenous - tolerably common 

 (In woods.) 



Family. Cijculii)^. 

 Genus. Cuculus. 



Cuculus canorus - Cuckoo 

 (In woods and parks.) 



Summer visitor 



common 



Group 4. FlSSlKOSTEES. 



Family. Meeopiece. 

 Genus. Meroj^s. 



Merops apiaster - Bee-eater - Summer visitor - very rare 



(Several shot a few years since by Mr. G. Harding, Stapleton. 

 Frequenting beehives in garden. ) 



Family. Halcyonidce, 

 Genus. Alcedo. 



Alcedo ispida - Kingfisher - Indigenous - local, not common 

 (Stapleton ; Ashton ; Avonmouth ; Sea Mills.) 



Family. Hietjndinid(e. 

 Genus. Hirundo. 



Hirundo rustica - Swallow - Summer visitor - common 

 (Everywhere. ) 



H. urbica - Martin - Summer visitor - common 



(Everywhere.) 



H. riparia - Sand Martin - Summer visitor - local 

 (Stapleton.) 



Genus. Cypselus. 

 Cypselus murarius - Swift - Summer visitor - generally distributed 



