HOOPOE. 



its varieties, inhabits the thick woods of Madagafcar*, and is 

 met with alfo at the IJle of Bourhon, and the Cape of Good Hope. 

 It feeds on feeds and berries j and in the months of June and July 

 is very fat.- 



691 



Upupa Paradifea, Lin. Syft. i. p. 184. N° 3. 



Le Promerops hupe des Indes, Brif. orn. ii. p. 464. N°3. 



Le Promerupe, Buf. oif. vi. p. 465. 



Avis Paradifiaca, criftata, orientalis, rariflima, Seia, i. p. 48. pi. 30. f. 5. 



HTHIS bird is the fize of a Starling : the length nineteen inches, 

 of which the. tail is fourteen inches and a quarter. The bill 

 i? thirteen lines long, and of a lead-colour : the head, throat, and 

 neck, are of a very fine black : the feathers of the crown are two 

 inches in length, forming an elegant creft : the back, rump, fca- 

 pulars, upper wing and tail coverts, quills, and tail, are of a pale 

 cheftnut: breaft, belly, fides, thighs, and under tail coverts, pale 

 alh-colour: the two middle tail feathers exceed the reft in length 

 very much, being above fourteen inches long, whereas the others 

 are not more than three inches : legs and claws lead-colour,- 

 Inhabits the Eaft Indies, where it is faid to be very fcarce. 



CRESTED 

 PROMEROPS 



Description 



Place, 



Le Promerops du Mexiqne, Brif. orn. ii. p. 463. N° 2: 



Le Promerops a ailes bleues, Buf. oif. vi. p. 467. 



Avis, Ani, Mexicana, cauda longiffima, Seba, i. p. 73. t. 45. f. 3, 



MEXICAN 

 PR. 



1 



^T'HIS is about the fize of a Song-thrulh : length eighteen inches Description. 

 and three quarters : the tail twelve inches and a quarter. 



* Suppofed to be that mentioned by Flacourt, in his Hiftery ofMadagafcar, by 

 abs name of tivouch. 



4.T. 2- The 



