THE HOOPOE. 



355 



Year. 



Month or 

 Season. 



d 



Locality. 



Observations. 



1838 



April 1st. 



1 



Shot in the couuty of 

 Kilkenuy. 





._ 



September 



1 



Seen at Fairymount, 



Pursued by magpies. It was found 





(early in) 





O'Brien's Bridge. 



dead a day or two afterwards 

 in the neighbourhood, having, it 

 was thought, been killed by its 

 pursuers. (Limerick Chronicle.) 



„ 



Oct. 



1 



Shot near Londonderry. 







(early in) 









1839 



March. 



1 



„ Kilbarry, Water- 

 ford. 



At Tramore and Woodstown, in the 

 same county, the hoopoe has 

 been met with on a few occasions. 

 (Dr. R. J. Burkitt.) 



1840 



Oct. 

 (end of ) 



1 



„ Cork. 





1841 



Autumn of 



1 

 1 



„ In the county of 



Westmeath. 

 „ Wexford. 





" 



Oct. 17th. 



1 



„ At Saunder's- 

 court, near Wex- 

 ford. 



A locality in which the species has 

 occurred several times. 



1842 





1 



„ Near Cork. 





M 



Autumn. 



1 



„ „ Waterford. 







Oct. 



1 



„ „ Wexford. 



The shooter had the opportunity of 





(middle of) 







observing that the crest is borne 

 erect during flight. 



1843 



March ? 



1 



" 



About the same time one in an ex- 

 hausted state, flew on board a 

 vessel in Wexford harbour. (Mr. 

 J. Poole.) 



1845 



May 



2 



„ In the Queen's 



Sent to Dublin to be preserved ; 





'middle of ) 





county (?) 



they were male and female. 



,, 



July 2nd. 



1 



„ Near Cork. 





1847 



March, 

 (middle of ) 



2 



2 



„ In the county of 



Wexford. 

 „ In the county of 



Waterford. 







March 22d. 



1 

 1 



„ Near Portaferry 

 (Down). 



„ Killarney (Kerry) 

 some years ago. 



An adult male. In its stomach I 

 found some minute coleopteni 

 and vegetable matter. 



From the preceding notes it appears that the hoopoe has 

 visited Ireland in six successive years — from 1837 to 1843 in- 

 clusive ; — in 1836 there is no record ; but tins may have arisen 

 from mere omission : in 1833, 1834 and 1835, it was obtained. 



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