HOOPOE. 117 
April, Coward has watched the male chasing the female 
round the island on the Old Man Pool, and in and 
out amongst the tops of the adjacent beeches, uttering 
the while a loud clear whistle not unlike that of the 
Common Sandpiper. During these evolutions the male 
bird several times perched for some seconds in the 
upper branches of the trees. 
FAMILY CORACIID. 
ROLLER. 
CoRACIAS GARRULUS, Linnzeus. 
[The bare statement of the late Dr. J. D. Sainter that 
a Roller was killed two or three miles south of Maccles- 
field? hardly justifies the inclusion of the species in a 
list of Cheshire birds, and in the absence of details we 
can only consider the record very doubtful.] 
FAMILY UPUPID. 
HOOPOE. 
Upupa Epops, Linnzeus. 
The Hoopoe, as far as we know, has only been observed 
on two occasions in Cheshire. The Chester Cowrant for 
September 11th, 1792, contained the following para- 
graph:—‘A very curious bird was shot on Sunday 
morning in the garden of Mrs. Bolds, of the Bars, in 
this city. It is accurately described by Pennant in his 
Zoology as the Hoopoe; has a beautiful crest, which it 
raises or falls at pleasure when alive. It is found in 
1 Nature, vol. ix. p. 182. 1873. 
