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UPUP.E. 



those procured by tlic Sicbokl expedition were probably obtained 

 (Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 75). 



The breeding-range of tlie Wryneck extends from the British 

 Islands across Europe and Southern Siberia to Japan. This species 

 also breeds in the Himalayas. 



Japanese examples have been described as distinct from the 

 European and Asiatic species under the name of Yunx japonica 

 (Bonaparte, Consp. Generum Avium, i. p. 112). It is alleged that 

 they are smaller and paler than the typical form, but there docs not 

 seem to be anv foundation for the statement. 



Suborder V. TJPTJFM. 



Plantars passerine ; episternal process perforated to receive the 

 feet of the coracoids ; palate desmognathous. 



The Upupie consist of two small families — the Upupidre (10 species), 

 which are found in the Palaearctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental Regions ; 

 and the Irrisoridse (12 species), only found in the Ethiopian Region. 





I'terylosis of Upiipa rjinjiK 

 (upptT purls). 



rtervliiMs of Vinipn (■pi>ji:> 

 (iiiulcr parts). 



