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UPUPA. HOOPOE. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum longum,arcuatum, 

 subcompressum, gracile. 

 Lingua brevis, sagittata. 

 Caput cristatum. 

 Pedes ambulator ii. 



Bill long, subcompressed, 



slender, and bent. 

 Tongue short, sagittated. 

 Head crested. 

 Feet formed for walking. 



COMMON HOOPOE. 



Upupa Epops. U. ferruginea, alls albo nigroque fasciatis , caudd 



nigra fascia lunata alba, crista albo nigroque terminata. 

 Ferruginous Hoopoe, with the wings barred black and white, the 



tail black with a lunated white bar, and the crest tipped with 



black and white. 



Upupa Epops. U. cristata variegata. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Upupa Epops. U. nigricante et rufo-albo variegata, subtus rufes- 



ccns, crista rufescente apice nigra , cauda nigra fascia alba. Lath. 



ind. or/?. 

 The Hoopoe. Will. orn. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1. pi. 39. and edit. 



fol. p. 83. pi. L. Edw. pi 345. 

 Common Hoopoe. Lath. syn. 

 La Huppe. Bvf. ow> PI. Enl 52. 



HIS elegant bird appears to be a pretty gene- 

 ral inhabitant of the warmer and temperate parts 

 of the Old Continent, migrating occasionally, at 

 different seasons, in different directions. In our 

 own island it is much more rarely seen than in 



