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HOOPOE. 



Class II. 



GENUS XIII. HOOPOE. 



Bill slender incurvated. 

 Tongue very short, triangular, entire. 

 Toes divided to their origin. 

 Tail of ten feathers. 



Common. UpupaEpops. U. nigricante 

 etrufo-albovariegata, subtus 

 rufescens, crista rufescente 

 apice nigra, cauda nigra 

 fascia alba. Lath. Ind. orn. 

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

 Sup, i. 122. 



La Huppe. Belon av. 2g3. 



Upupa. Gesner av. 776. 



Aldr. av. ii. 314. 



Bubbola. Olina, 36. 



The Hoop, or Hoopoe. Wil. 

 orn. 145. 



Rail Syn. av. 48. 



The Dung Bird. Charlton ex. 

 98. Tab. 99. 



Plott's Oxf. 177- 



Edw. 345. 



La Hupe ou Puput. Brisson 



av. iii. 455. Tab. 43. Hist. 



dots. vi. 439. PL Enl. 52. 

 Upupa Epops. Gm. Lin. 466. 

 Harfogel, Pop. Faun. Suec. 



sp. 105. 

 Ter Chaous Pococke Trav. h 



209. 

 Her-fugl. Brunnich, 43. 

 Widhopf. Kram. 337- 

 Upupa ; arquata stercoraria ; 



gallus lutosus. Klein. Stem. 



av. 24. Tab. 25. 

 Smerda kaura. Scopoli, No. 



62. 

 Br. Zool. 83. plate L. Arct. 



Zool. i. 332. 



Descrip- XHIS bird may be readily distinguished from 



TION. J JO 



all others that visit these islands by its beautiful 

 crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. 

 It weighs three ounces : its length is twelve 



