fNSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



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CERTHIADM. 





THE HOOPOE. 



Upupa epops. 



Upupa epops, Common Hoopoe, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 342. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Common FLEM. Brit. An. p. 89. 



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



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 153. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 



La Huppe, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 415. 



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

 der, 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 the Hoopoe, that a 

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



