CUCKOOS 401 



Hist. Irel. (Birds)," vol. i. p. 365; Harvey, "Fauna of 

 Cork," p. 10. To Ball's account is added a description 

 by Blyth (p. 7). The specimen is in tlie Museum of 

 Trinity College, Dublin. 



One near Bray, co. Wicklow, Oct. 1832 : Ball, I.e. ; Thomp- 

 son, I.e. 



One, Cornwall : Jenyns, " Man. Brit. Vert.," 1835, p. 155. 



One, Stackpole Court, Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, autumn 

 1832 : Tracy, Zool, 1851, p. 3046 ; Yarrell, 023. cit 



One near Aberystwith, Oct. 26, 1870 : Cousens, -F-ieZc?, Nov. 

 5, 1870 ; picked up dead, not in a wood (Dresser, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 299), but on the Cribyn 

 beach, a mile and a half north of Aberystwith. In 

 the possession of Capt. G. W. Cousens of Llanbadarn ; 

 Zool, 1895, p. 143. 



One, Lundy Island, Oct. 1874 ; Saunders's " Manual" p. 290. 



One, near Helston, Cornwall, picked up dead, Oct. 14, 

 1887 : Tregelles, Trans. Penzance Nat. Hist. Soe., 

 vol. ii. p. 383. 



One, Bridport, Dorsetshire, picked up dead, Oct. 5, 1895 : 

 Harting, Zool., 1895, p. 376. In the possession of 

 Mr. T. A. Colfox, of Westmead, Bridport ; Field, 

 Oct. 26, 1895. 



One, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Oct. 1896, picked up dead 

 after a storm and strong westerly wind : G. W. Smith, 

 Zool, 1896, p. 473 ; 1897, p. 142. 



Obs. This species bears a general resemblance to 

 the American Black-billed Cuckoo, next to be men- 

 tioned, but may be distinguished by the yellow 

 colour of the lower mandible, the rufous wing- 

 feathers, and the black tail-feathers tipped with 

 white. Unlike our English Cuckoo, neither of these 

 two American species is of parasitic habit. 



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