354 



UPUPIDjE. 



Year. 



1819? 



1823? 

 1828 



1833? 

 1833 



1834 



1835 



1837 



Month or 

 Season. 



Feb. 



Sept. 19th. 



Feb. or 

 March. 



March. 



Oct. 6th.* 



"Winter of 



September 

 (early in) 



Sept. 26th. 

 Sept. 21st. 



Oct. 20th. 



Locality. 



Shot at Cloverhill near 

 the town of Ros- 

 common. 



Near Ballynahinch 

 (Down) . 

 Killed at Balbriggan 

 (Dublin) 

 „ Lord Llandaff's 



(Tipperary) 

 „ Cape Clear. 



„ Kirkcubbin 

 (Down). 

 „ Kilbarry, near 

 Waterford, 



Seen in King's county. 



Shot at Banbridge (co 

 Down). 



Seen at Killinick (Wex- 

 ford). 



Shot near Coleraine 

 (Londonderry) 



Mr. R. Ball, during the many years 

 of his residence at Youghal (co. 

 Cork), saw five of these birds, 

 and heard of others which were 

 procured in the neighbourhood 



In fine adult plumage. 



Killaloe (Clare) 



Gal way. 



Galway. 



Observations. 



A female. 



By Dr. Farran from the top of a 

 coach. It was picking at horse- 

 dung on the road when first ob- 

 served ; and flew before the vehi 

 cle for about five hundred yards. 



Its weight 3oz. ldr. ; contents of 

 stomach, caterpillars, and other 

 insect food. (Dr. J. D. Marshall.) 



Remained during the winter, and 

 though much pursued, too wary 

 to be shot. (Major Thomas 

 Walker.) 



Caterpillars and a beetle found in 

 its stomach (Rev.Thomas Knox) 



A male bird ; its stomach filled with 

 the remains of beetles {Coleop 

 terd) ; — Dr. Farran. 



* A hoopoe flew on board the Shannon steam-packet when on the passage 

 from London to Dublin, in September, 1834; it was seen by my informant 

 on the arrival of the vessel at the latter port, on the 20th of tbat month. 



