HOOPOE. 33 



' Fauna of Forfarshire ' and in Pennant's ' Caledonian 

 Zoology,' and is stated to have been observed in Caith- 

 ness ; but Mr. E. Gray says * that he has never been 

 able to examine a specimen killed in any part of 

 Scotland. 



WEYNECK. Jynx torquilla, Linnaeus f . 



A summer migrant to England, rarely seen in 

 Scotland north of the Forth, and unknown in Ireland. 

 It has been observed but tvnce in Orkney. 



Fam. UPUPID^. 



HOOPOE. Upupa epops, Linnaeus. 



An irregular spring and autumn migrant ; and has 

 occurred rarely in winter J. It is regarded by Mr, R. 

 Gray§ as a straggler to Scotland ; and Mr. Thompson || 

 remarks that in Ireland it has appeared occasionally 

 in all quarters of the island. Col. Montagu states 

 that a pair of Hoopoes began a nest in Hampshire ; 

 and Dr. Latham has referred to a young Hoopoe 

 which was shot in this country in the month of June. 



* The Birds of the "West of Scotland, p. 191 . 



t In. departing from the customary mode of spelling the above 

 generic term, it may be desirable to indicate its derivation — namely, 

 "Ivyl, vyyos, so called from its shrill cry, th. Mi^bi. 



X Two were shot in Dumfriesshire in the winter of 1870-71 (Sir 

 William Jardine). 



§ The Birds of the West of Scotland, p. 198. 



11 Nat. Hist. Ireland, Birds, vol. i. p. 3.53. 



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