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striking and elegant Bird, with a long, slender, slightly curved 
bill, anda large spotted crest of feathers which can be raised or 
depressed. It passes much of its time on open ground searching 
for insects. The male feeds the female when sitting on her 
rough nest in a hole in some tree, thus reminding us of the 
Hornbill, although the hen Hoopoe is not enclosed, and probably 
Fig. 91. 

The Long-tailed Trogon (Trogon macrurus). 
leaves her nest occasionally. It is the type of a very small group 
of some fourteen species, of which only five belong to the genus 
Upupa, and the whole fourteen members of the group are con- 
fined to the Old World, excluding Australia and the Indian 
Archipelago. 
Included in this group are the Wood-hoopoes (Jrrisor), 
which are peculiar to Africa, where they inhabit the forests. Of 
