THE HOOPOE. 



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Italy, at Gibraltar and Ceuta, and in Egypt, where it breeds, as 

 it probably does over northern Africa. It has been seen occa- 

 sionally at Madeira, and is abundant at Trebizond, whence it 



comes every year to pass the summer season in Europe. At the 

 period of its departure from France — that is to say, in the month 

 of September — as its flesh is very delicate in flavour, it is a choice 

 morsel for the table. 



