116 ROLLER 
Graves saw one on the Rhenass stream in August 1904, and 
another on the coast rocks at Ballagyr (German). A stuffed 
specimen from the neighbourhood is at Ginger Hall, Sulby, 
from which locality the species is also reported by Messrs. 
H. S. Clarke and A. Knox, and there is another in the 
Ramsey Museum. 
A strange occurrence of this species in February 1885 
was recorded in a local newspaper, and by Mr. Kermode 
(Y. L. M, iii. 527); five were then taken in the large 
pavilion at Derby Castle, Douglas. They were captured 
alive, and two, which came into the possession of Mr. L 
Wilson, fed eagerly on fish, but died within a few days. 
Two, according to Mr. Kermode, were also, a few years ago, 
taken in a cowhouse near the bridge over Ramsey Harbour ; 
one of these, which had been injured, and did not long 
survive, is now in the Ramsey Museum. 
The species is distributed, not abundantly, over Britain. 
In Ireland generally scarce, Antrim is stated to be one of 
the counties where the Kingfisher is most frequent. On 
secluded streams in Galloway, Cumberland, and Lancashire 
it is described as not uncommon. Except for one occurrence 
in Orkney, it has not been recorded from the outer isles of 
Scotland. 
[CORACTIAS GARRULA, Linn. ROLLER. 
This is one of the birds long ago mentioned by Forbes as 
‘having been killed’ There is no fuller nor further record. 
A straggling visitor to Britain, the species has ten times 
occurred in Ireland (one in Antrim). Lancashire has about 
six records, and Cumberland two.] 
