124 RARE VISITANTS. 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Cuculus americanus, 

 Linnaeus. 



Hob. Eastern United States, through Central America and 

 West Indies to Buenos Ay res. 



One, Youghal, co. Cork, autumn 1825 : Ball, Field Natura- 

 lists' Magazine, 1832, p. 6; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Irel. 

 (Birds), vol. i. p. 365 ; Harvey, Fauna of Cork, p. 10. 



One near Bray, co. Wicklow : Ball, /. c. ; Thompson, /. c. 



One, Cornwall : Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 210. 



One, Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, autumn 1832 : Tracey, 

 Zoologist, 1851, p. 3046; Yarrell, op. cit. 



One near Aberystwith, 26th Oct. 1870 : Cousens, The Field, 

 5th Nov. 1870. 



BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Cuculus erythrophthalmus, 

 Wilson. 



Hab. United States, throughout Central America to Upper 

 Amazon. 



One, Killead, co. Antrim, 25th Sept. 1871 : Lord Clermont, 

 Zoologist, 1872, p. 3022. Recorded as C. americanus, 

 Blake Knox, torn. cit. p. 2943. I examined this specimen 

 on the 28th May, 1872. 



Fam. ALCEDINID^E. 



BELTED KINGFISHEB. Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus). 

 Hab. North America. 



One, Annsbrook, co. Meath, Oct. 1845 : Thompson, Ann. 



Nat. Hist. 1845 ; Nat. Hist. Ireland (Birds), vol. i. 



p. 373. 

 One, Luggelaw, co. Wicklow, Nov. 1845 : Thompson, op. 



cit. 



