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iiiakiiig a show of great resistance, but ultimately allowed 

 itself to be taken up without attempting to inflict any wound. 

 This part of our coast appears to be one of the most favourite 

 haunts of the Hoopoe in this country. In the collection of 

 the Rev. Mr. Barclay at Swanage, Avhich I had the pleasure 

 of seeing in the autumn of 1827, were three Hoopoes, all 

 killed in that vicinity. In Devonshire, the frequent occur- 

 rence of this bird has been recorded by Montagu and Dr. E. 

 Moore. In his Cornish Fauna, Mr. Couch says, " So many 

 specimens have been met with, as to justify mc in saying that 

 it is not uncommon in Cornwall. The periods of their visit 

 are about the vernal and autumnal equinox, as if performing a 

 regular migration ; and for several years I have noticed the 

 occurrence of one or more specimens within a very limited 

 distance of the same spot, an elevated and retired farm near 

 the sea. Two were shot at one time, after they had seemed to 

 have paired ; and in the autumn of 1836 one remained near 

 the farm-yard for about a week, being by no means shy. It 

 seemed to be in moult, having but one or two feathers in the 

 crest."" It has also been shot lately at Scilly. It has been 

 killed in south and north Wales, in Lancashire, and in Cum- 

 berland. Mr. Thompson of Belfast informs me this bird has 

 occasionally been killed in different parts of Ireland. 



South east, and north of London, it has been killed in 

 Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and 

 Yorkshire. The bird figured by Mr. Bewick was killed at 

 Bedlington on the coast of Durham ; that used by Mr. Selby 

 was caught near Bamborough Castle on the coast of North- 

 umberland ; Mr. Macgillivray, of Edinburgh, mentions one 

 that was shot near Porto Bello ; it has also been killed in 

 Ayrshire, and at Banff. This bird in summer goes as far 

 north as Denmark, Sweden, and Russia. Southward thence 

 on the European continent, it is found in Germany, is com- 

 mon in Holland, France, Spain, and occurs in small flocks at 



