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BIRDS. 
140. Gecinus viridis {L). Green Woodpecker. 
[Ohs. — There is one in the Dunrobin Museum marked " Bonar, 
1848," but this requires confirmation.] 
Sub-family JYNGINJ£. 
141. Jynx torquilla, i. Wryneck. 
[Mr. Eobert Gray mentions it as occurring in Sutherland 
thus : " The most northern locality for its occurrence in the 
mainland of Scotland is Sutherlandshire," etc., but we have 
no corroborative testimony of its occurrence in this county.] 
" Two examples of this interesting little bird have occurred 
in Caithness. The first specimen was got among the trees 
at Eosebank, while the plantations at Stirkoke furnished 
the second, which was obtained some five or six years ago." 
(H. Osb. in MSS., 1862.) 
One of these specimens was re-stuffed by Mr. Small, 
naturalist, Edinburgh, for Mr. Osborne. 
Series DESMOGNATH^.. 
Order 1. COCCYGES. 
Sub-order COCCYGES ANISODACTYLI. 
Family ALCEDINIDJE. 
142. Alcedo ispida, L. Kingfisher. 
Eare visitant. There is a specimen in the Dunrobin Museum, 
and another was killed at the Little Ferry by Eric Eoss, 
one of the Duke of Sutherland's keepers, on February 1, 
1878, and was seen in the flesh by Mr. Thomas Mackenzie. 
We have no record of this from Caithness. The name king- 
