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ELEMENTS OE OBNITHOLOfiT. 



striking and elegant Bird, with a long, slender, slightly curved 

 bill, and a large spotted crest of feathers which can be raised or 

 depressed. It passes much of its time on open ground searching 

 for insects. The male feeds the female when sitting on her 

 rough nest in a hole in some tree, thus reminding us of the 

 Hornbill, although the hen Hoopoe is not enclosed, and probably 



Fig. 91. 



The Long-tailed Trogon {Trogon macmrus). 



leaves her nest occasionally. It is the type of a very small group 

 of some fourteen species, of which only five belong to the genus 

 Upwpa, and the whole fourteen members of the group are con- 

 fined to the Old World, excluding Australia and the Indian 

 Archipelago. 



Included in this group are the "Wood-hoopoes {Irrisor), 

 which are peculiar to Africa, where they inhabit the forests. Of 



