592 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



*Cotile riparia (Linn.) Sand-Martin. 



Regular summer visitor, and general, but not so numerous as the 

 House-Martin. 



Progne purpurea (Linn.) Purple Martin. 



Native of America. Has once occurred. Near Kingstown probably 

 in 1839. This specimen is now in the Museum, and is the only 

 authenticated example obtained in Europe. (Yarrell, Ed. i, 

 vol. ii. pp. 232* and 274.) 



ORDER PICARI^E- 

 CYPSELID^E. 



*Cypselus apus (Linn.) Swift. 



Regular summer visitor. Once seen at the unusually late date of 

 4th October, near Cappagh, Waterford. (Zoologist, 1887, 

 p. 428.) 



Cypselus melba (Linn.) Alpine Swift. 



Extremely rare visitor. Three examples are mentioned by Thomp- 

 son, but no specimens have been obtained since. One shot at 

 Rathfarnham, near Dublin, is in the Museum. 



CAPRIMULGID^E. 



*Caprinmlgus europaeus (Linn.) Nightjar. 



Regular summer visitor, but local and rather rare. Scarce in the 

 North and West. 



CUCULIDJE. 



*Cuculus canoms (Linn.) Cuckoo. 



Regular summer visitor, and generally distributed. 

 Coccystes glandarius (Linn.) Great Spotted Cuckoo. 



Has once been obtained in Ireland ; on the Island of Omey, Con- 

 nemara, March, 1842. (Thompson.'] The specimen is pre- 

 served in the Trinity College Museum. f 

 Coccyzus americanus (Linn.) Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Native of America. Has twice been obtained in Ireland, viz., 

 in the counties of Cork and Wicklow. (Thompson.} The 

 specimen from county Cork is in Trinity College Museum. 

 Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.) Black-billed Cuckoo. 



Native of America. Has once been obtained in Ireland, viz., at 

 Killead, co. Antrim, September 25th, 1871. (Zoologist, 1872, 

 p. 3022, and ZooL Soc. Proc., 1872, p. 661.) Only one other 

 instance is known of its occurrence in Europe. 



f A second Great Spotted Cuckoo is believed to have been seen at Skelligs 

 Rock light-house, Kerry, 3Oth April, 1897, (Zoologist, 1897 p. 574). 



