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Genus XXIX. Uputa. 



] . U. Epops (Hoopoe). 



Several instances have occurred of the Hoopoe having been 

 met with both in Norfolk and Suftblk, particularly in the latter 

 county. 



Genus XXX. Merops. 



1. M. Apiaster (Bee-eater). 



A Bee-eater, killed on a white-thorn at Blyburgh in the month 

 of May, is now in the possession of INIr. "NVhittingham of Yox- 

 ford. Another, shot near Yarmouth, is in the collection of 

 Mr. Seaman of Ipswich. This is a smaller bird than the former. 

 In the third volume of the Linnean Transactions mention is also 

 made of a bird of this species having been killed in Norfolk. 



Genus XXXI. Alcedo. 



1. A. Ispida (Kingfisher). 



The Kingfisher appears to vary much in size : we have seen 

 large ones in Sufltblk and in Essex, whereas all those we have 

 met with in Nottinghamshire have been smaller. This bird 

 seems to be subject to a partial migration, as it comes up the 

 river Gipping in Suflx)lk every autumn. In the autumn of 1818 

 Kingfishers abounded along the shores and creeks of the Stour, 

 though not one was to be seen in the summer. At the latter 

 end of the last year none were to be found in the same places. 

 Some were destroyed by the severity of the preceding winter, 

 and were picked up dead ; and it is probable that others might 

 have perished by the rising of the waters from the heavy rains 

 which fell during the breeding season. Temminck asserts that 

 this bird, besides fish, will eat aquatic insects, worms, leeches, 

 and snails. A young one which Montagu had would eat nothing 



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