THE HOOPOE 446 



(I i ink ing-places would soon rtteiet attention, as in the case of the 

 sandgrouse. 



Towards August the hoopoe hnghn Hi southward migration. It 

 appears to move gradually and slowly, feeding as it goes, and some- 

 times family parties are met with moving together. By the middle of 

 September nearly all our European birds have left us, and, with the 

 exception of a straggler or two here and there, have crossed the 

 Mediterranean on their way to their winter quarters in Africa. 



