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green ; tail wedge shaped of twelve feathers ; legs 

 reddish brown. 



Shot near Mattishall, in Norfolk, June 1794. 

 Lin. irans. vol. 3. p. 333. 



The bee-eater is subject to much variety in 

 colour. 



GENUS XIII. 

 UPUPA. 



Bill long; sub-compressed, slender and bent; 

 tongue short, sagittated ; head crested ; feet formed 

 for walking. 



1. EPOPS. HOOPOE. 



A. ferruginea, alis albo nigroque fasciatis, cauda 

 nigra fascia lunata alba, crista albo nigroque 

 terminata. Shaw. 



The bill is two inches long, black, slender, and 

 curved ; irides are hazel ; the crest is pale orange, 

 tipped with black ; the neck is reddish brown ; the 

 breast and belly white ; the back, scapulars, and 

 wings are crossed with broad bands of black and 

 white , the lesser wing coverts are light brown ; the 

 rump white ; the tail feathers are ten, black, with a 

 white crescent at the roots ; the legs are black. 



