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Abyssinia and Galla countries, and south India. Keplaced 

 by other forms in east Siberia and Mongolia, Egypt, tropical and 

 south Africa, Madagascar, India, Ceylon, south China, and Hainan. 



CORACIAS GARRULUS 



207. Coracias garrulus garrulus L. — THE ROLLER. 



CoRACiAS Garrulus Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 107 (1758 — Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Coracias garrulus Linnaeus, Yarrell, 11, p. 428 ; Saunders, p. 281. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Vagrant. Over one hundred have 

 occurred in most parts, chiefly autumn, but fairly often spring. Most 

 often in south and east England (24 Norfolk), rarely in north Wales 

 and north-west England and Scotland (but examples recorded as 

 far as Caithness, Orkneys, and St. Kilda). Ten obtained in Ireland 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe from 61° north in Scandinavia 

 and latitude of St. Petersburg to Mediterranean and north-west 

 Africa, eastwards to west Siberia. Replaced by allied form in 

 Transcaspia, north Persia, etc. In winter in tropical and south 

 Africa to Cape Colony, also in India. Single specimens observed in 

 north Norway, on Faeroes and Canaries. 



[Note. — The recorded occurrences of two Abyssinian Rollers, Coracias 

 abyssinicns Bodd., near Glasgow about 1857 (Yarrell, ii, p. 434; Saunders, 

 p. 282), and of an Indian Roller, Coracias benghalensis L., said to have been 

 shot near Louth (Lines.), Oct., 1883, cannot be admitted.] 



ALCEDO ISPIDA 



2o8. Alcedo ispida ispida L.— THE KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Ispida Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 115 (1758 — " Habitat 

 in Europa, Asia." Restricted typical locality : Europe). 

 Alcedo ispida Linnaeus, Yarrell, ii, p. 443 ; Saunders, p. 279. 



Distribution. — England and Wales. — Resident. Generally distri- 

 buted on slow-flowing streams, often moving to coasts in autumn 

 and severe weather. Occasional appearance at Lights in autumn 

 and spring may indicate passage-movements. Scotland. — Resident. 

 Generally distributed in south, but becoming irregular and rare north 

 of Grampians. Not noted Caithness or Shetlands, and only once 

 Orkneys and 0. Hebrides (Barra, July 25, 1892). Ireland. — 

 Resident but scarce in all counties. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe generally, from south Scandinavia 

 to Mediterranean, replaced by closely -allied forms in north Africa 

 and Asia. 



[Note The two American Belted Kingfishers, Cer^/Ze alcyon (L.), said 



to have been obtained in Meath and Wicklow in autumn 1845 (Yarrell, ii, 

 p. 452 ; Saunders, p. 280 (in text) ) cannot be admitted, as the records were 

 imdoubtedly due to a fraud. The bird inhabits North America and has 

 occiu-red in Holland and on the Azores.] 



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