334 APPEXDIX. 



Sept. 1897, may have been one of those previously liberated 

 by the late Lord Lilford. 



The Great Black "Woodpecker is widely distributed in the 

 Palsearctic region from Scandinavia and northern Spain 

 to Kamchatka. 



Order CORACIIFORMES. 



Family MEROPID^. 

 Merops philippinus. Blue-tailed Bee-eatee. 



Merops philippinus Lhmmis, Syst. Xat. 13th ed. ( Vindob.) 

 i. 1767, p. 183 : Philippines. 



Merops philippinus Linn.; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 82- 

 Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. 1892, p. 71 ; Sannders,. 

 Mccnnal, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 284. 



An example near Seaton Carew, Durham, Aug. 1862, 

 was recorded by Hancock, probably in error. 



This Bee-eater is found in south-eastern Asia from India 

 and south China to the Philippines, Celebes, and Borneo. 



Family ALCEDINID^. 

 Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. 



AlcedO alcyon Llnmms, >Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 115 r 



Carolina. 



Ceryle alcyon {Linn.) \ B. O. Z7. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 81 ; Siiarpe,. 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. 1892, p. 125 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 280. 



An example from co. Meath, Oci.. 1845, and another from 

 CO. Wicklow, Nov. 1845, are now preserved in the Museum 

 of Science and Art and in Trinity College, Dublin. These 

 records are almost certainly due to a mistake. 



The Belted Kingfisher'is found throughout the greater part 

 of North America and southwards to Colombia and Gruiana. 

 It has been taken on the island of Flores in the Azores. 



