YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Goccyzus americanus. 



Accidental visitor ; half a dozeu British records (two Irish, two Welsh, 

 two Cornish) . Breeds across North America from South Canada to the 

 Southern States. Winters in tropical America. 



BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. 



Accidental visitor ; only one British record (Belfast) . Breeds in East 

 North America from Labrador to Texas. Winters in Mexico, Central 

 America, and the northern part of South America. 



Suborder UPUPiE. 



Family UPUPID^. 



HOOPOE. Upupa epops. 



Irregular summer visitor. Breeds in Europe and Siberia south of 

 lat. 56°, Palestine, Asia Minor, Persia, Turkestan, Mongolia, and North 

 China. Resident in North Africa, India, Ceylon, Burma, and South 

 China. Winters in Central Africa north of the Equator and Madagascar. 



Order FALCONIFO RME S. 



Suborder COLUMBiE. 



Family COLUMBID.^. 



RING-DOVE. Columba palumbus. 



Resident ; numbers increased in autumn by migrants. Summer visitor 

 to North Europe nearly up to the Arctic Circle ; resident in Central and 

 Southern Europe and North-west Africa. Occasional visitor to South- 

 west Siberia. 



STOCK-DOVE. Columba cenas. 



Local resident in Britain, rare in Scotland, confined to the north-east 

 in Ireland. A resident in temperate Europe, North-west Africa, and Asia 

 Minor, migrating south in autumn when the winters are severe. 



