I 9 8 SKETCHES OF BIRD LIFE. 



the River Lenthay, where the birds were known to 

 the boys as " Hoops." In the same county, on the 

 authority of the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, the Hoopoe 

 is said to have bred at Warmwell. The Rev. A. 

 C. Smith states that a nest containing young birds 

 was taken many years ago near Calne, Wilts ; and 

 another nest, according to Mr. A. E. Knox, was 

 found at Southwick, near Shoreham. Canon Tris- 

 tram states that the Hoopoe has bred at least on 

 one occasion in Northamptonshire. Mr. Howard 

 Saunders informs us that many years ago a pair of 

 Hoopoes took possession of a hole in a yew tree in 

 the shrubbery of a garden at Leatherhead, and 

 reared their young in safety. He afterwards saw 

 both old and young birds strutting about on the lawn. 

 The Hoopoe does not carry the crest erect, but 

 nclining backwards, and it is only elevated from 

 time to time. On the wing, at first sight, it reminds 

 one of a Jay, the principal colours being the same 

 namely, black, white, and cinnamon-brown ; but the 

 distribution of colours is different, and the flight is 

 not so rapid, and more undulating. The wings are 

 large for the size of the bird, and the first quill- 

 feather being shorter than the second gives the 



