HOOPOR, eS 
‘Fauna of Forfarshire’’ and in Pennant’s ‘ Caledonian 
Zoology, and is stated to have been observed in Caith- 
ness; but Mr. R. Gray says * that he has never been 
able to examine a specimen killed in any part of 
Scotland. 
WRYNECK. Jynv torquilla, Linneus f. 
A summer migrant to England, rarely seen in 
Scotland north of the Forth, and unknown in Ireland. 
It has been observed but twice in Orkney. 
Fame UU PDA. 
HOOPOE. Upupa epops, Linnzus. 
An irregular spring and autumn migrant; and has 
occurred rarely in winter{. It is regarded by Mr. R. 
Gray) as a strageler to Scotland ; and Mr. Thompson || 
remarks that in Ireland it has appeared occasionally 
in all quarters of the island. Col. Montagu states 
that a pair of Hoopoes began a nest in Hampshire ; 
and Dr. Latham has referred to a young Hoopoe 
which was shot in this country in the month of June. 
* The Birds of the West of Scotland, p. 191. 
ft In departing from the customary mode of spelling the above 
generic term, it may be desirable to indicate its derivation—namely, 
"Ivy, vyyos, so called from its shrill ery, th. ivZw. 
+ Two were shot in Dumfriesshire in the winter of 1870-71 (Sir 
William Jardine). 
§ The Birds of the West of Scotland, p. 198. 
| Nat. Hist. Ireland, Birds, vol. i. p. 353. 
