[78]“Mag. Nat. Hist.,” 1834, vol. vii. p. 462. [79]“Contributions to Ornithology,” 1850, p. 109. It is not included by Herr Müller in his “Bird Fauna of the Faroes.” [80]“A Spring and Summer in Lapland,” p. 281. [81]Ayres, “Ibis,” 1863, p. 321. [82]E. C. Taylor, “Ibis,” 1867, p. 56. [83]Lord Lilford, “Ibis,” 1860, p. 234. [84]Tristram, “Ibis,” 1865, p. 77. [85]In the Grey Phalarope we have a notable instance of a contrary habit. This bird passes through England on its way southward in autumn, but invariably selects some other route on its return northward in spring. [86]Blyth, “Ibis,” 1866, p. 339. [87]Blyth, “Ibis,” 1865, p. 45. [88]See Thompson’s “Nat. Hist. Ireland” (Birds), vol. i. p. 423. [89]“Birds of Egypt,” p. 174. [90]“Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia,” p. 336. [91]“The Land of Israel,” p. 250. [92]Thompson, _op. cit._ [93]Mr. Robert Gray of Glasgow has seen it in grass fields, cleverly picking ghost-moths (_Hepialus humuli_) off the stems, from the points of which these sluggish insects were temptingly hanging. But as a rule, he adds, the Nightjar captures its prey while in flight. [94]See Atkinson’s “Compendium of Ornithology,” p. 108, and Stanley’s “Familiar History of Birds,” p. 260. [95]“The Birds of Sherwood Forest,” p. 172. [96]“The Birds of the West of Scotland,” p. 212. [97]The late Mr. Blyth thought that the Cuckoo found in Java by Dr. Horsfield was not the Common Cuckoo of Europe, but an allied race (_C. canoroides_, Müller, _optatus_, Gould), whose range extends eastward at least to China, and southward to Australia. If so, doubtless the same remark applies to Japan. _Cf._ “The Ibis,” 1865, p. 31. [98]“Naumannia,” 1853, p. 307. [99]On certain facts in the economy of the Cuckoo, “Ibis,” 1865, pp. 178-186. [100]This species, however, is included in Dr. Thienemann’s list above given. [101]“The Birds of Middlesex,” 1866, p. 120. [102]_See_ “Nature,” 18th Nov. and 23rd Dec., 1869, 6th Jan., 7th July, and 18th Aug., 1870. [103]“Ibis,” 1865, p. 183. [104]“Hist. Brit. Birds,” vol. iii. p. 128. [105]It would seem that this account was first published by Mrs. Blackburn, in what she terms “a little versified tale of mine,” entitled “The Pipits,” which appeared in Glasgow in 1872. [106]_Cf._ Garland, “Naturalist,” 1852, p. 82. [107]“Gleanings in Natural History.” [108]For a notice of this singular habit I am indebted to my friend Mr. H. E. Dresser, who has translated Naumann’s observations on the subject in his beautiful work on the “Birds of Europe.” [109]_Cf._ “Zoologist,” 1858, and “Proc. Zool. Soc.,” 1863, p. 264. [110]Mr. Benzon of Copenhagen informed my friend Mr. Dresser that a short time ago the Hoopoe was by no means rare in Norway, but now that the forests have been cleared of all the old and hollow trees it has entirely vanished from the fauna of his district.