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Hooper or Hooper Swan : The WHOOPER SWAN. Yarrell 



calls it the Hooper. 

 HOOPOE [No. 206]. The name, which is derived from its note, 

 occurs in Turner (1544) as " Houupe ; " in Barlow (1655) 

 as " Hoopoe : " in Merrett (1667) as " Hoopee ; " and in 

 Willughby (1678) as " Hoop, or Hoopoe," while in Bailey's 

 Dictionary it is " Houp." Turner says the species is 

 nowhere found in Britain, but Merrett says that it occurs 

 in the New Forest and in Essex, but is rare. Plot (1677) 

 calls it the " Hoopoe or Hooping-bird," and Pennant 

 (1766) the Hoopoe. The French name is Huppe, and 

 Newton observes that although originally onomatopoetic 

 it is now used to denote a crest or tuft, this secondary 

 meaning having arisen from the bird's crest. Houghton 

 says that the Hoopoe is the bird denoted in the Bible by 

 the Hebrew word duM'phath, which is rendered " lapwing " 

 in om' version (an error arising from the fact that both 

 birds are crested) ; it occurs only in the list of birds for- 

 bidden to be used as food hy the ancient Jews. It is also 

 figured on the Egyptian monuments and appears, according 

 to Horapollo, to i-epresent the quality of gratitude, while 

 the Arabs have a superstitious reverence for it, as they 

 believe it to possess marvellous medicinal properties, 

 calling it " the doctor," and also fancj^ it is able to point 

 out undergroimd wells and foimtains. It figures largely in 

 Continental folk-lore, but not in English, on account of its 

 scarcitj' with. us. 

 Hoot Owl: The TAAVNY OWX. (Craven.) 

 HoRNBiLL Bunting : The COPvN-BUNTING. (Ireland.) 

 Horn-coot: The LONG-EARED OWL. (Swainson.) From 



the two erectile horn-like tufts of feathers or " ears." 

 Horned Doucker or Horned Dabchick : The GREAT 

 CRESTED GREBE. (Pro\ancial.) The term "homed" 

 is from its crest ; Doucker signifies ducker or diver. 

 Horned Goose : The BRENT GOOSE. (Provincial.) An evi- 

 dent misnomer. Perhaps a mistake for Horra Goose (q.v.). 

 Horned Grebe : The SLAVONIAN GREBE. (Latham.) 

 Horned Lark : The SHORE-LARK. Macgilli\'Tay gives it as 



a pro\dnciaI name. 

 HORNEMANN'S REDPOLL [No. 24]. A Greenland species 



which sometimes strays to our shores. 

 Horner : The GOOSANDER. (Holdemess, Yorkshire.) 

 Horneywink : The LAPWING. (Cornwall.) From the long 

 hom-like crest. 



