34 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 
Fam. CUCULID &. 
CUCKOO. Cuculus canorus, Linneus. 
A summer migrant, and generally distributed 
throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland, extending 
even to the Outer Hebrides. 
Fam. CORACIID &. 
ROLLER. Coracias garrula, Linneus. 
An irregular summer migrant, rare in Scotland, and 
has been observed in two or three instances only in 
Treland. 
Fam. ALCEDINID &. 
KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, Linneus. 
Resident and generally distributed, migrating to the 
coast at the approach of winter. ‘It has been found 
once or twice in Islay and likewise in Skye” (R. Gray). 
Fam. MEROPID &. 
BEE-EATER. Merops apiaster, Linneus. 
An irregular summer migrant to England. As 
many as twenty have been seen together at one time 
in Norfolk (Stevenson, ‘ Birds of Norfolk,’ i. p. 313) ; 
and no less than twelve were procured in one day at 
Helston, Cornwall (Rodd, ‘ List of Birds,’ 2nd ed. 
