CUCKOOS. 1 
GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER. JPicus auratus, 
Linneus. 
Hab. Eastern North America. 
One, Amesbury Park, Wilts, autumn 1836: Marsh, Zoolo- 
gist, 1859, p. 6327. 
Obs. Mr. Marsh says, J. ¢.:—My brother, now 
Member for Salisbury, saw this bird in the flesh be- 
fore it was preserved; it was brought to him just 
after it was shot. It was preserved by Mr. Edwards, 
of Amesbury, and has never been out of my posses- 
sion.” 
Fam. CUCULID &. 
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. Cuculus glandarius, Lin- 
nus. 
Hab. Africa and South-western Europe. 
One, Omagh Island, co. Galway, March 1842: Ball, Ann. 
Nat. Hist. 1843; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland (Birds), 
vol. i. p. 8364; Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. 1. p. 205*. 
One near Chiltrim Farmhouse, North Tyne, 5th Aug. 1870: 
Charlton, The Field, 3rd Sept. 1870+. 
* Yarrell refers to another specimen as having been obtained at 
Llawrenny, Pembrokeshire, and recorded in the ‘ Zoologist,’ 1851, 
p- 3046; but on turning to the volume and page indicated, it ap- 
pears that the communication has reference to an example of the 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. : 
y+ This specimen was identified by Mr. W. Proctor, of Durham, 
who preserved it for Mr. Charlton. 
