THE HOOPOE. 
355 
Year. 
Month or 
Season. 
6 
125 
Locality. 
Observations. 
1838 
April 1st. 
1 
Shot in the county of 
Kilkenny. 
September 
(early in) 
1 
Seen at Fairy mount, 
O’Brien’s Bridge. 
Pursued by magpies. It was found 
dead a day or two afterwards 
in the neighbourhood, having, it 
was thought, been killed by its 
pursuers. (Limerick Chronicle.) 
” 
Oct. 
(early in) 
1 
Shot near Londonderry. 
1839 
March. 
1 
„ Kilbarry, Water- 
ford. 
At Tramore and Woodstown, in the 
same county, the hoopoe has 
been met with on a few occasions. 
(Dr. R. J. Burkitt.) 
1840 
Oct. 
(end of ) 
1 
„ Cork. 
1841 
Autumn of 
1 
„ In the county of 
Westmeath. 
1 
„ Wexford. 
” 
Oct. 17th. 
1 
„ At Saunder’s- 
court, near Wex- 
ford. 
A locality in which the species has 
occurred several times. 
1842 
5J 
1 
„ Near Cork. 
Autumn. 
1 
„ „ Waterford. 
Oct. 
(middle of) 
1 
„ „ Wexford. 
The shooter had the opportunity of 
observing that the crest is borne 
erect during flight. 
1843 
March P 
1 
” 
About the same time one in an ex- 
hausted state, flew on board a 
vessel in Wexford harbour. (Mr. 
J. Poole.) 
1845 
May 
(middle of ) 
2 
„ In the Queen’s 
county (?) 
Sent to Dublin to be preserved; 
they were male and female. 
,, 
July 2nd. 
1 
„ Near Cork. 
1847 
March, 
(middle of ) 
2 
„ In the county of 
Wexford. 
7 
” 
2 
„ In the county of 
Waterford. 
March 22d. 
1 
1 
„ Near Portaferry 
(Down). 
„ Killarney (Kerry) 
some years ago. 
An adult male. In its stomach I 
found some minute coleoptera 
and vegetable matter. 
From the preceding notes it appears that the hoopoe has 
visited Ireland in six successive years — from 1837 to 1842 in- 
clusive ; — in 1836 there is no record ; but this may have arisen 
from mere omission : in 1833, 1834 and 1835, it was obtained. 
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