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CERTHIAD.E. 



ItfSESSOltflS. 



SCANSORES. 



CERTHIAD.E. 



THE HOOPOE. 



Upupa epops. 



Upupa epops, Common Hoopoe, 







The 

 Common 



The 



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La Huppe, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 342. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 148. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 89. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 393. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 153. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 415. 



UPUPA. Generic Characters. Beak longer than the head, slightly bent, 

 slender, triangular, higher than broad. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly 

 concealed by the feathers on the forehead. Wings of moderate size ; the 

 fourth and fifth quill-feathers the longest. Tail of ten feathers, square at 

 the end. Toes three in front, one behind ; the outer and middle toe united 

 as far as the first joint ; claws short, and but slightly curved. 



So remarkable is the appearance of tlie Hoopoe, that a 

 specimen of the bird having been once seen, it is not likely 



