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HOOPOE. 
COMMON HOOPOE. 
PLATE XLI.—FIGS. Ii——IIlI. 
Upupa Epops, ‘ : Pennant. Monrtaev. 
Tue nest, built in May, is placed in the hollow of 
a tree, or a crevice of a wall, and is composed of 
dry stalks of grass, leaves, and feathers. 
The eggs vary from four to seven in number, and 
are of a uniform pale bluish grey, faintly speckled 
with brown. 
The lower egg on the plate is from a drawing by 
William Richard Fisher, Esq., of Yarmouth, from a 
specimen in Mr. Doubleday’s collection. 
