ON THE FAUNA OF IRELAND. 371 
Order INSESSORES. 
Div. 3.—ScANSORES. 
Fam. Picide. 
Ireland. Great Britain. 
0 Picus viridis, Z. 
Picus major, LZ. 
», minor, Z. 
0 »» martius, Z. 
0 Yunx Torquilla, Z. 
Owing to the general scarcity of wood, especially old, this 
family of birds is rare. P. major only can with certainty be in- 
troduced to our catalogue, and it is but a very rare visitant. 
*“* Picus varius minor, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,” is given 
as one of the birds of the co. Dublin by Rutty*. In Dr. Patrick 
Brown’s catalogue of the Birds of Ireland it likewise has a 
place, but was probably copied from Rutty. In Smith’s Water- 
ford} appears ‘‘ Picus Martis, the Woodpecker, a bird rare in 
this county :” the P. martius can hardly have been here meant. 
Picus viridis would appear to be generally distributed in 
suitable localities in Great Britain, and P. minor to be so in 
England ; P. martius is a very rare visitant. Yuna Torquilla, 
one of the summer birds of passage to England, decreases in 
numbers towards the west of that country. 
Fam. Certhiade. 
Treland. Great Britain. 
Certhia familiaris, Z. + 
Troglodytes europeus, Cuv. + 
Upupa Epops, L. ate 
0 Sitta europzea, L. 
Cert. familiaris constantly inhabits the best-wooded districts 
throughout Ireland ; Trog.ewropeus is common and resident. 
Upupa Epops is a rare visitant but has been taken in all quar- 
ters of the island. 
Sitta europea is somewhat local in England, and towards 
the West is said to become more rare. 
Fam. Cuculide. 
Ireland. Great Britain. 
Cuculus canorus, LZ. + 
Coccyzus americanus, Bonap. + 
The former is a regular vernal migrant to Ireland, and is 
generally diffused ; the latter has on two or three occasions 
been obtained in the counties of Cork and Dublin. 
* Vol. i. p. 302. + P. 338. 
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