V¥VVM. TROGONES. 159 



140. UPUPA EPOPS. 



(HOOPOE.) 



Upupa epops, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 183 (1766). 



The Hoopoe, with its long curved bill and its conspicuous crest, 

 is too well known to need description. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, v. pi. 298. 



The sole claim of the Hoopoe to be regarded as a Japanese bird 

 rests upon a single example in the possession of Captain Blakiston, 

 which was obtained off the south-east coast of Yezzo, and which he 

 kindly sent me for examination (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 36). 



The Hoopoe is not yet quite exterminated in the British Islands, 

 and its breeding-range extends across Europe and Southern Siberia 

 to the Himalayas and China. 



Order TROGONES. 



Feet heterodactyle ; first and second digits directed backwards, 

 third and fourth forwards ; hind plantar [flexor longus hallucis) divi- 

 ding into two tendons at the foot of the tarsus, leading to the two 

 hind toes, front plantar [flexor perforans digitorum) also dividing 

 into two tendons, leading to the two front toes. 



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F. P.O. 



Suborder VI. TROGONES. 



The Trogones consist of one suborder only, which comprises 

 the Trogons, a group of about 60 species, distributed in the Neo- 

 tropical, Ethiopian, and Oriental Kegions, but not extending to 

 Japan, though one species reaches the Philippine Islands. 



