104 HOOPOE. 



4— MEXICAN PROMEROPS. 



Upupa Mexicana, Lid. Orn. i. 278, Gm.Lin.i. 467. 



Promerops Mexicanus, Bris. ii. 463. Id. 8vo. i. 286. 



Avis Ani Mexicana, cauda longissima, Seba, i. t. 45. 3. Klein, 107. iii. 4. 



Promerops a ailesbleues, Bvf.v'i. 467. Ois. Dor. (Prom.) i. p. 21, 



Mexican Promerops, Gen. Syn. ii. 691. Shaw's Zool. viii. 148. 



SIZE of a Song Thrush ; length eighteen inches and three 

 quarters, of which the tail is twelve inches and a half. Bill one inch 

 and eight lines, colour blackish, but the sides incline to yellow ; 

 the head, throat, neck, back, and rump, are dull grey, glossed with 

 sea-green and purplish red, in different lights ; belly, sides, thighs, 

 and under tail coverts, light yellow; above each eye a spot of the 

 same ; greater quills light blue ; the lesser the same colour as the 

 back ; tail blackish grey, glossed with green and purple, four of the 

 middle tail feathers much longer than the others. 



Inhabits Mexico, where it frequents high mountainous places, 

 feeding on caterpillars, flies, beetles, and other insects. 



5.— CALIFORNIAN PROMEROPS. 



Promerops of New California, La Peyrouse Voy. i. p. 200. 



IN hopes that some future Naturalist may elucidate more fully, 

 what La Peryouse has given a very imperfect description of, we only 

 mention in his words, that the bird is dark above, and light beneath ; 

 that the tail is cuneiform, each feather tipped with a light colour. 



Inhabits New California. 



