CREEPER. ANISODACTYLI. UPUPA. Ly 
it is common throughout Europe, though in some parts mi- 
gratory. 
PraTE 39. Fig. 2. Natural size. 
The upper mandible of the bill dusky, the lower yellowish- General 
white. Head and upper parts pale yellowish-brown, in- goer 
termixed with black, brown, and greyish-white. Rump 
pale gallstone-yellow. The first four quills dusky, the 
rest having a broad reddish-white band in the middle ; 
the tips white. Tail yellowish-grey, tinged with brown; 
the feathers long, stiff, and acuminated. Above the eyes 
is a whitish streak. Throat, breast, and belly white, 
passing towards the vent into pale ochreous-yellow. Legs 
and toes yellowish-brown. 
Genus XVI. HOOPOE. UPUPA, Linn. 
GENERIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill long, compressed, slender, subulated, and curved. Nos- 
trils basal, egg-shaped, and open. Feet with three toes be- 
fore, and one behind; the tarsus short ; the outer toe joined 
to the middle one as far as the first jot. Claws short, and 
not much hooked. ‘Tail composed of ten feathers, square at 
the end. Wings, having the first quill short, and the fourth 
and fifth the longest. 
This genus contains only two species. ‘The others (included 
im the genus Upupa of Latuam, &c. and known by the name 
of Promerops), have, as possessing essentially different gene- 
ric characters, been formed into a separate genus by Mons. 
Cuvier, and named Epimachus. Some other birds, impro- 
perly introduced into this genus, have also been removed, and 
classed according to the true characters they exhibit. 
