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Hooper or Hooper Swan: The WHOOPER SWAN. Yarrell 
calls it the Hooper. 
HOOPOE [No. 206]. The name, which is derived from its note, 
occurs in Turner (1544) as “ Houupe;” in Barlow (1655) 
as “ Hoopoe;” in Merrett (1667) as “ Hoopee ; ” and in 
Willughby (1678) as “ Hoop, or Hoopoe,” while in Bailey’s 
Dictionary it is “ Houp.” Turner says the species is 
nowhere found in Britain, but Merrett says that it occurs 
in the New Forest and in Essex, but is rare. Plot (1677) 
calls it the “ Hoopoe or Hooping-bird,” and Pennant 
(1766) the Hoopoe. The French name is Huppe, and 
Newton observes that although originally onomatopoetic 
it is now used to denote a crest or tuft, this secondary 
meaning having arisen from the bird’s crest. Houghton 
says that the Hoopoe is the bird denoted in the Bible by 
the Hebrew word dukiphath, which is rendered “ lapwing ” 
in our version (an error arising from the fact that both 
birds are crested) ; it occurs only in the list of birds for-: 
bidden to be used as food by the ancient Jews. It is also. 
figured on the Egyptian monuments and appears, according 
to Horapollo, to represent the quality of gratitude, while 
the Arabs have a superstitious reverence for it, as they 
believe it to Possess marvellous medicinal properties, 
calling it “the doctor,” and also fancy it is able to point 
out underground wells and fountains. It figures largely in 
Continental folk-lore, but not in English, on account of its. 
scarcity with us. 
Hoot Ow: The TAWNY OWL. (Craven.) 
Horneitt Bunting: The CORN-BUNTING. (Ireland.) 
Horn-coot: The LONG-EARED OWL. (Swainson.) From 
the two erectile horn-like tufts of feathers or “ ears.” 
Hornep DovuckerR or HorNnep Dascuick: The GREAT 
CRESTED GREBE. (Provincial.) The term “ horned ” 
is from its crest; Doucker signifies ducker or diver. 
Hornep GoosE: The BRENT GOOSE. (Provincial.) An evi- 
dent misnomer. Perhapsa mistake for Horra Goose (q.v.). 
HorNnED GREBE: The SLAVONIAN GREBE. (Latham.) 
Hornep Lark: The SHORE-LARK. Macgillivray gives it as 
a provincial name. 
HORNEMANN’S REDPOLL [No. 24]. A Greenland species 
which sometimes strays to our shores. 
Horner: The GOOSANDER. (Holderness, Yorkshire.) 
Horneywink: The LAPWING. (Cornwall.) From the long 
horn-like crest. 
