OF NORXHUJIBEELAIfD AJ^B DITEHAM. 31 



Family. UPTJPID^, Bonaparte. 

 29, UPUPA, Linnceus. 



12. Hoopoe. TJ. epops, Zinnceus. 



Vpupa epops, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 289. 

 ,, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Bii^ds, Ed. 2, II., 175. 



The Hoopoe is a casual visitant. ' It raost frequently occurs 

 on the coast. Seven entries of the capture of this beautiful bird 

 are recorded in my journal. 



A fine example, in my collection, was shot at Cullercoats, 

 September 8th, 1831. As it was only winged, I had an oppor- 

 tunity of seeing it alive, and of observing how the feathers of 

 the crest are arranged when erected. The coronal plumes are 

 seldom faithfully represented in ornithological works ; they are 

 usually delineated in a more or less disordered condition ; but in 

 nature they are arranged regularly in transverse pairs, increasing 

 in length towards the middle of the crest, and radiating from the 

 top of the head like the rays of a fan ; the pairs are alternately 

 long and short ; when raised and fully displayed the arched mar- 

 gin of the crest is deeply and regularly indented, and is enriched 

 with a double row of black spots — an upper row at the tips of 

 the taller feathers, and a lower row at the tips of the shorter 

 feathers. 



Familt. COEVIDJE, Zeack 

 30. CORVUS, Linnceus. 



13. Eaven. C. coeax, ZinnoBUs. 



Corvus corax, Bewick, Hist. Brit, Birds, Ed, 1847, I,, 72, 

 „ „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit, Birds, Ed. 2, II., 61. 



A resident. This weird and majestic bird is now nearly ban- 

 ished from the two counties, where it once gave interest and life 

 to the wild and rocky solitudes of the uncultivated parts, and 

 where it constantly bred and reared its sable offspring. It occa- 

 sionally nests in the crags at Little "Whickhope, l^orth Tyne, as 

 I am informed by John Coppin, Esq. The same gentleman has. 



