HOOPOE. 109 



9— YELLOW PROMEROPS. 



Upupa aurantia, Ind. Orn.\. 279. 8. /3. 



Cochitototl, Rail Syn. p. 168. Fernand. N. Hisp. ch. 161. 



Promerops Mexicanus luteus, Bris. ii. 467. Id. Svo. i. 288. 



Promerops orange, Buf. vi. 474. (female). 



Promerops jaune, Ois. dor. i. (Promer.) p. 21. 



Yellow Promerops, Gen. Syn. ii. 697. 8. Var. A. 



SIZE of the last. Bill black ; irides pale yellow ; head, throat, 

 neck, and wings, cinereous and black, irregularly mixed ; the rest 

 of the bird yellow; legs ash-colour, claws black. 



Inhabits the hotter parts of Mexico, where it feeds on small worms 

 and seeds. 



Supposed to be the female of the other. 



10.— RED-BILLED PROMEROPS.— Pl. lxvii. 



Upupa erythrorynchos, Ind.Orn.'i. 2S0. Cimel. Phys. t. 22. 

 Promerops a bee rouge, Ois. dor. i. p. 15. pl.6. Promer. 



Red-billed Promerops, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 124. pl. 110. Nat. Misc. pl. 533. Shaw\ 

 Zool. viii. 150. pl. 18. 



SIZE of the Common Hoopoe ; length fifteen inches. Bill two 

 inches and a half long, curved as in that bird, but stouter, colour 

 red, nostrils oval, near the base ; head covered with short, velvety 

 feathers, and appears rather full, the feathers not lying smooth ; the 

 plumage in general black, with a gloss of red in some lights, and 

 others of green, the wing coverts partaking of the latter ; the head, 

 neck, breast, and beginning of the back have also a green gloss ; 



