UPUPIDjE. CUCULIDiE. 83 



Mr. Hancock (B. Northumb. &c. p. 38) says an example 

 of this Bee-eater " was shot near the Snook, Seaton Carew, 

 in August 1862." The occurrence of such a far eastern 

 species in Europe is unprecedented, and there has probably 

 been some error.] 



Family UPUPIDiE 



Genus UPUPA, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 183 (1766). 

 Vpiipa = a Hoopoe, in classical Latin; the Greek eno\p, q. v. 



TJpupa epops. Hoopoe. 

 Upupa Epops, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 183 (1766). 

 Upupa epops, Naum. v. p. 437 ; Macg. iii. p. 41 ; Hewitson, 

 p. 249; Gray, p. 38; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 175; id. ed. 3, 

 ii. p. 180 ; Gould, ii. pi. 12 ; Harting, p. 33 ; Dresser, v. 

 p. 179. 

 The Hoopoe, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 167. 

 Epops = ewoTp, tlie Hoopoe, in classical Greek. 



An irregular visitor, generally in spring and autumn, to the 

 south of England and to most parts of Ireland; a rare straggler 

 in Scotland. It has been known to breed in Dorset, Hants, 

 Sussex, Surrey, and Northamptonshire. A regular summer 

 visitant to the whole of the temperate portion of the Palae- 

 arctic Hegion, wintering in Equatorial Africa and India. 



Suborder GOQOYQES. 

 Family CUCULID.^. 



Genus CUCTJLUS, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 168 (1766). 



Cuculms = a Ouekoo, in classical Latin; the Greek kokkv^. Probably 

 onomatopoeic ; of. English " Cock," and K0KKii/3das = shrill. 



Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo. 



Cuculus canorus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 168 (1766). 



Cuculus canorus, Naum. v. p. 196; Macg, iii. p. 109; Hewit- 

 son, p. 251; Gray, p. 118; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 189; id. 



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