34 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 



Fam. CUCULID^l. 



CTJCKOO. Cuculus canorus, Linnaeus. 



A summer migrant, and generally distributed 

 throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland, extending 

 even to the Outer Hebrides. 



Fam. CORACIID^E. 



EOLLEE. Coracias garrula, Linnaeus. 



An irregular summer migrant, rare in Scotland, and 

 has been observed in two or three instances only in 

 Ireland. 



Fam. ALCEDINID^l. 



KINGFISHEE. Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus. 



Resident and generally distributed, migrating to the 

 coast at the approach of winter. " It has been found 

 once or twice in Islay and likewise in Skye " (R. Gray). 



Fam. MEROPID^E. 



BEE-EATEE. Merops apiaster, Linnaeus. 



An irregular summer migrant to England. As 

 many as twenty have been seen together at one time 

 in Norfolk (Stevenson, 'Birds of Norfolk,' i. p. 313); 

 and no less than twelve were procured in one day at 

 Helston, Cornwall (Rodd, ' List of Birds,' 2nd ed. 



