10 HOLLER. 



of May, 1849, near Nutlcy, on the borders of Ashdown Forest, 

 in Sussex; one at Oakington, in Cambridgeshire, in October, 

 1S35. One in Northumberland, near Newcastle; another near 

 North Shields; a third in Bromley-hope, near By well, in 

 May, 1818; and another, a female, was found dead at Howick, 

 June 19th., 182S. Six in Suffolk and Norfolk; the latest in 

 1838. 



In Ireland, one is related to have been seen at Carton, 

 the seat of 'Ireland's only duke,' the Duke of Leinster, in 

 the middle of September, 1831; another to have been shot 

 in the county of Sligo; and another somewhere in the south. 



In Scotland a few individuals have bean met with one 

 on the eastern side, one at Dunkeld, in Perthshire, and two 

 in the Orkney Islands; one from the south of Shetland, sent 

 to Sir William Jardine, Bart., as a curious kind of Duck! 

 One at Strathbeg Loch, between Peterhcad and Fraserburgh; 

 and another, a female, was shot in the woods of Boyndie, 

 near Banff, on the 25th. of September, 18-18: a strong gale 

 from the east had prevailed for some days previously. 



The lioller may be tamed if taken young, but not other- 

 wise: they become, however, only familiar with their masters; 

 to others they are distant; and are in their wild state very 

 restless birds, never long remaining stationary. They are 

 very shy and wary, and quarrelsome among themselves, though 

 they live amicably with other birds, except those of prey: 

 they frequently fall to the ground together in their contests. 

 Nevertheless, they breed in societies, a single pair being seldom 

 seen alone at that season. These birds are said to have a 

 habit of dropping through the air, like the Tumbler Pigeon, 

 and particularly during the time that the hen is sitting the 

 male bird thus amuses himself: perhaps at times his partner 

 also: hence probably the name. 



The ilighfc of the Holler is quick, with hurried flappings 

 of the wings, and resembles that of the Pigeon. They hop 

 awkwardly, rather than walk, on the ground, and for the 

 most part prefer keeping in trees, perching on the outermost 

 and most exposed branches. They frequent the lower districts, 

 avoiding those that are mountainous, or swampy. 



Their food consists of the larger beetles, cock chaffers, grass- 

 hoppers, and other insects and their larvae. Flies they capture 

 in the air, somewhat after the manner of the Flycatchers; 

 but they also take their food on the ground, and may be 

 seen, like Hooks, in the ploughed fields. They also feed on 



