34 EESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 



Fam. CUCULID^. 



CFCKOO. Cuculus canorus, Linnaeus. 



A summer migrant, and generally distributed 

 throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland, extending 

 even to the Outer Hebrides. 



Fam. CORACIID^. 



EOLLEE. Coracias garrula, Linnaeus. 



An irregular summer migrant, rare in Scotland, and 

 has been observed in two or three instances only in 

 Ireland. 



Fam. ALCEDINID^. 



KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus. 



Resident and generally distributed, migrating to the 

 coast at the approach of winter. " It has been found 

 once or twice in Islay and likevyise in Skye " (R. Gray). 



Fam. MEROPID^. 



BEE-EATER. Mero'ps apiaster, Linnaeus. 



An irregular summer migrant to England. As 

 many as twenty have been seen together at one time 

 in Norfolk (Stevenson, ' Birds of Norfolk,' i. p. 313); 

 and no less than twelve were procured in one day at 

 Helston, Cornwall (Rodd, ' List of Birds,' 2nd ed. 



