THE HOOPOE. 463 
Italy, at Gibraltar and Ceuta, and in Egypt, where it breeds, as 
it probably does over northern Africa. It has been seen occa- 
sionally at Madeira, and is abundant at Trebizond, whence it 
Fig. 184.—Hoopoes. 
comes every year to pass the summer season in Europe. At the 
period of its departure from France—that is to say, in the month 
of September—as its flesh is very delicate in flavour, it is a choice 
morsel for the table. 
