BIRDS. 
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tislier is often erroneously applied to the dip];)er {Cinchts) 
in the north of Scotland. 
Family CORACIID^. 
143. Coracias garrulus, L. Roller. 
Eare visitant. An example was shot by a nephew of Mr. 
Eraser, the Fiscal of the county, near Dornoch, and was set 
up by Mr. Macleay of Inverness. There is a specimen in 
the Dunrobin Museum labelled " Morvich, June 9, 1854." 
The Dornoch one was shot much later (avct. Dr. J. M. 
Joass).^ 
It has been placed on the Caithness list by Mr. K. T. Shearer, 
who saw a solitary specimen at Ulbster, and observed its 
movements for tjvo or three days. During that time it was 
usually followed, or attended, by a small bird, in the same 
way as the cuckoo is attended " (H. Osborne in MS.). 
One — an adult male — is recorded by Mr. L. Dunbar, 
shot by J. M'Leod at Sandside, in the north-west of the 
county, in June 1875. It was preserved by Mr. L. Dunbar, 
and is now at Scotscalder. 
Family MEROPID^. 
144. Merops apiaster, L. Common Bee-Eater. 
Family UPUPID^. 
145. Upupa epops, L. Hoopoe. 
Casual and rare visitant. Mr. Houstoun writes from Kin- 
tradwell : " I am sorry I can't give you the dates of when 
1 There was one obtained near Elgin just a week later than the Morvich one. 
We mention it as nndonhtedly i)art of the same migratory flock. 
