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HOOPOE. 



Class IL 



GENUS XIII. HOOPOE. 



Bill slender incurvated. 

 Tongue very short, triangular, entire. 

 Toes divided to their origin. 

 Tail of ten feathers. 



Common. Upupa Epops. U. nlgricante 

 et rufo-albo variegata, subtus 

 rufescens, crista rufescente 

 apice nigra, cauda nigra 

 fascia alba. Lafh. Jnd. orn. 

 277. id. Syn. ii. 687- id. 

 Sup. i. 122. 



La Huppe. Belon av. 2Q3. 



Upupa. Gesner av. 776. 



Aldr. av. ii. 314. 



Bubbola. OUna, 36. 



Tlie Hoop, or Hoopoe. JP'il. 

 orn. 145. 



Rail Syn. av. 48. 



The Dung Bird. Charlton ex. 

 98. Tal. gy. 



Plott's Oxf. 177. 



Edw. 345. 



La Hupe ou Puput. Brisson 



av. iii. 435. Tab. 43. Hist. 



dois. vi. 439. PI. Enl. 52. 

 Upupa Epops. Gm. Lin. 46S. 

 Harfogel, Pop. Faun. Siiec. 



sp. 105. 

 Ter Chaous Pocoche Trav, i. 



209. 

 Her-fugl. Brunnicli, 43. 

 Widhopf. Kram. 337- 

 Upupa ; arquata stercoraria ; 



gallus lutosus. Klein. Stem. 



av. 24. Tah. 25. 

 Smerda kaura. Scopoli, No. 



62. 

 Br. Zool. 83. plate L. Arct. 



Zool. I. 332. 



Descrip- XHIS bird may be readily distinguished from 

 all others that visit these islands by its beautiful 

 crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. 



its length is twelve 



It weighs three ounces 



