HOOPOE. 



UP UP A EPOPS, Linn. 



Upupa epops, Linn. S. N. i. p. 183 (1766) ; Naum. v. p. 437 ; 

 Macg. iii. p. 41 ; Hewitson, i. p. 249 ; Yarr. ed. 4, ii. 

 p. 419; Dresser, v. p. 179. 



Huppe, French; Wiedehopf, German; Abubilla, Spanish. 



The Hoopoe is a regular spring migrant to the 

 eastern and southern coasts of England, and has occurred 

 frequently in Scotland and Ireland. The instances 

 recorded of the nesting of this species in this country 

 are but few, though I am glad to say that I have several 

 authentic unpublished notices of such occurrences ; but 

 in most cases the beauty and conspicuous plumage of 

 the bird, to say nothing of its tameness, lead to its 

 immediate destruction by the first armed idler who sees 

 it, as the senseless craving for British-killed specimens 

 induces bird-stuffers to give long prices for any (so- 

 called) rarity, and causes the murder of many harmless 

 and ornamental species besides the subject of this 

 protest. 



