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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 



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a Hcst in a hole in a tree or wall, using foul material 

 in its construction. It takes no pains to keep the 

 nest clean durino; incu})ation and the nei£;iil)Ourhood 

 of the nest hecomes unpleasant and often intoleraljle 

 to man. In the autumn hoopoes when fat are esteemed 



The European Hoopoe {U]jnpa epops) visits tlie Nile Valley and 

 British East Africa. 



as delicacies, especially by the Christian population of 

 Constantinople (Newton), and Arabs impute to this l)ird, 

 especially its head, medicinal virtues. There is a fable 

 connected with the linopoe : Allah granted to Epops a 

 golden crest, but at the bird's re(|ues 

 of feathei'S. 



t changed it for one 



