IN THE HANCOCK COLLECTION. 295 



Oase. 



Fam. MEROPID^. 



Genus, MEROPS. 



8. Bee Eater. Merops apiaster, Linn. 

 Nos. 1, 2, 3. 



Constantinople, 1864. 



Presented by T. Robson. 



Fam. ALGEDINID^E. 



Genus. ALCEDO. 



9. Kingfisher. Alcedo ispida, Linn. 



No. 1 (left). Immature. 



Ouseburn, Newcastle, previous to the year 1832. 

 ,, 2 (centre). Immature male. 



Ouseburn, Newcastle, Nov., 1832. 

 ,, (right). Mature male. 



Caught on the nest with the female at 



Bishop Auckland, 1835. 



Fam. UPUPID^E, 



Genus. UPUPA. 



10. Hoopoe. Upupa epops, Linn. 



No. 1 (upper, flying). 



Caught upon the rigging of a ship coming into 

 the Tyne about the year 1848. 

 „ 2 (left). 



Shot on the coast between Cullercoats and Whitley 

 on the coronation day of King William, Sept. 

 4th, 1831, byThos. Harvey in company with 

 J. Hancock. 

 „ 3 (right). 



Found dead in the garden at Beadnell Tower, 

 Northumberland, Nov., 1895. 

 Presented by Alfred Allhusen, Esq., Beadnell Tower. 

 Stuffed by J. Jackson. 



