16 MEROPIDZ—STRIGID 
128. Coractas inpicus, Linn. Indian Roller. 
October 27th, 1883, one shot at Muckton, near Louth; now in 
Cambridge Museum of Zoology [‘ Ibis,’ 1891, pp. 147-8]. 
Family MEROPIDA. 
129. Merorps aprastER, Linn. Bee-eater. 
June, 9th, 1880, a male picked up exhausted at Filey [‘ Hand. Yorks. 
Vert.,’ p. 39]. August 16, 1880, one shot at Tetney Haven, Lincoln- 
shire coast; in the collection of Mr. T. Marshall, High Wycombe, 
Bucks [‘ Zool.,’ 1880, p. 511]. 
Family UPUPIDA. 
130. Upupa Epops, Linn. Hoopoe. 
Numerous occurrences since 1869 in April, also in May, and again in 
the autumn in September. The chief occurrences at both seasons have 
been at Flamborough Head and neighbourhood. In the summer of 
1880 and 1881 a pair frequented the grounds of the Rectory at Brattleby, 
near Lincoln, and are supposed to have bred. Fifty years since the 
hoopoe is known to have occurred annually at Flamborough in the spring. 
Family CUCULID &. 
131. CucuLus canorus, Linn. Cuckow. 
A summer visitor, arriving in the fourth week of April and seldom 
earlier.* In the autumn the old birds are supposed to migrate in advance 
of the young, but I doubt if this is always the case, for in 1896, July 10th 
to 20th, hundreds of young brown birds followed the line of the Spurn 
sandhills to the south. The latest occurrence of a young bird since 
1863 was October 24th, 1883, killed against the Spurn telegraph wires. 
Order STRIGES. Family STRIGIDA. 
132. Srrrx FLAMMEA, Linn. Barn Owl. 
Resident and fairly common, although much persecuted by farmers 
and keepers. An occasional immigrant at the Spurn in the autumn 
[‘ Nat.,’ 1891, p. 862]. The barn owl has also been captured at sea. 
Examples with the under parts orange-buff have been obtained on the 
coast. 
138. Asto orus (Linn.). Long-eared Owl. 
Not uncommon, but confined to the best timbered districts. Gre- 
garious in the autumn. A considerable immigration in August, Sep- 
tember and October into the coast districts. 
134. Asto acctprTRiInus (Pall.). Short-eared Owl. 
Some continue to nest in the district, but these are few compared 
with the number in former years—1863 to 1882. A regular immigrant in 
the autumn in October and November, also early in December, and often 
very plentiful near the coast, where it is known as the woodcock owl, 
coming at the same time as that bird. The light-plumaged Arctic form 
of this owl has occurred at the Spurn. 
* Flamborough, April 8th, 1899. 
