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many years back at Gisleham ; and in his 'Fauna of Norfolk,' published in 1845, Mr. Lubbock 

 speaks of another as killed lately at Yarmouth. From that time, however, it does not appear to 

 have been noticed again in this county until the 3rd of June 1854, when a pair were shot at 

 the same time on the Norwich river, near Coldham Hall. These beautiful birds, now in my 

 possession, were shown to me in the flesh; and for brilliancy of plumage I never saw finer 

 specimens. Both were in good condition ; and on dissecting the stomach of the female I found 

 the remains of no less than five large insects of the Hymenopterous order, apparently a species 

 of wild or humble bee ; the stomach of the male also contained similar debris, but less 

 distinguishable." 



The present species has also been met with in Scotland. Mr. Kobert Gray says (B. of 

 W. of Scotl. p. 203), " I have seen specimens which were killed in Forfarshire and Aberdeen- 

 shire. A fine specimen was exhibited at a meeting of the Natural-History Society of Glasgow 

 in 1852 by my friend Mr. Thomas Ferguson; it had been shot a short time previously on his 

 brother's estate near Peterhead. The Bee-eater has likewise been observed in Wigtownshire, a 

 specimen having been procured in Logan Garden, parish of Kirkmaiden, in the summer of 1832 ; 

 but the species, in Scotland, can only be ranked as a rare and accidental straggler. Mr. Edward 

 has informed me that a specimen was obtained some years ago in Banffshire." He further adds 

 {op. cit. p. 513) that he was informed by Mr. J. Bell, of Paisley, that one was seen on the banks 

 of the river Black Cart, in August 1869, by Mr. Scott, keeper on the Walkinshaw estate. 



In Norway, Mr. Collett informs me, the present species is not known to have occurred ; but 

 it has been several times obtained in Sweden. The first on record as having been obtained there 

 was, Professor Sundevall says, shot in June 1816, at Nedraby, a Swedish mile north of Ystad, 

 and was in company with another, which was not secured. One was obtained in August 1829, 

 in Hogsater parish, Dalsland, and presented to the Stockholm Museum by the Rev. O. Fryxell. 

 A small flock of six individuals appeared on the 19th May 1858 at Tafvelsas, near Wexio, and 

 remained for three days in a garden. Two of these were shot by the Rev. N. Wieslander, who 

 presented one to the Stockholm and the other to the Lund Museum. One was obtained by 

 Mr. Knoblock, a little south of Muonioniska, in Lapland, on the 3rd June 1865 ; but it does not 

 seem to have occurred in Finland, and it is rare in Northern Russia, though common in the 

 south. Mr. Sabanaeff says that it breeds, though rarely, in the Voronege Government, and is 

 said to occur near Moscow. Bogdanoff met with it as far as Samara ; and Pallas says that it 

 ranges up to the mouth of the Kama river. Eversmann says (J. f. O. 1853, p. 291) that on the 

 Ural river it ranges northwards to Orenburg and the Lower Samara, where the Ik flows into that 

 river. On the steppes of the Lower Volga and the Ural it is very common. Mr. L. Taczanowski 

 says that it is of accidental and very rare occurrence in Poland, and he only knows of one 

 instance of its capture in the Lublin Government. It is, however, more frequently seen in the 

 Ukraine and Podolia. According to Borggreve it has been met with in various parts of North 

 Germany, most commonly in Silesia, where it has even been found breeding near Ohlau. It has 

 been met with in Westphalia and Posen ; and Tobias states that it occurs at Hirschberg almost 

 every summer. In Denmark and the Danish provinces it is a very rare straggler. Mr. Collin 

 says (Skand. Fugl. p. 131) that it has been met with in Holstein ; two were shot on the 5th 

 June 1840 at Gjorslev, in Seeland ; a lady caught two at Klitterne, near Svinekloer; Horne- 



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