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Mr. Hancock (B. Northumb. &c. p. 28) says an example 

 of this Bee-eater " was shot near the Snook, Seaton Carew, 

 in August 1862." The occurrence of such a far eastern 

 species in Europe is unprecedented, and there has probably 

 been some error.] 



Family UPUPID^E 

 Genus UPUPA, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 183 (1766). 



Upupa = a Hoopoe, in classical Latin; the Greek GTTO^, q. v. 



Upupa epops. HOOPOE. 



Upupa Epops, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 183 (1766). 

 Upupa epops, Naum. v. p. 437 ; Macg. iii. p. 41 ; Hewitson, 



p. 249; Gray, p. 38; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 175; id. ed. 3, 



ii. p. 180; Gould, ii.pl. 12; Harting, p. 33; Dresser, v. 



p. 179. 

 The Hoopoe, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 167. 



Epops eTroif/, the Hoopoe, in classical Greek. 



An irregular visitor, generally in spring and autumn, to the 

 south of England and to most parts of Ireland; a rare straggler 

 in Scotland. It has been known to breed in Dorset, Hants, 

 Sussex, Surrey, and Northamptonshire. A regular summer 

 visitant to the whole of the temperate portion of the Palae- 

 arctic Region, wintering in Equatorial Africa and India. 



Suborder COCCYGES. 



Family CUCULID^E. 



Genus CUCULUS, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 168 (1766). 



Cuculus = a Ouckoo, in classical Latin ; the Greek KOKKV%. Probably 

 onomatopoeic ; cf. English " Cock," and Kotcicvfloas = shrill. 



Cuculus canorus. CUCKOO. 



Cuculus canorus, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 168 (1766). 



Cuculus canorus, Naum. v. p. 196; Macg. iii. p. 109; Hewit- 

 son, p. 251; Gray, p. 118; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 189; id. 



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