when the creft is elevated the tail feathers are alfo raifed, 

 like thofe of the peacock; it has been feen amufing itfelf by 

 raifing and deprefling the creft and tail very quickly for a long 

 time together. Colours alike in both fexes. 



The Hoopoe is not a common bird, its vifits to this coun^ 

 try being very irregular ; fome fmall flocks are ufually feen 

 annually in different parts of the kingdom, they have alfo been 

 noticed fingly ; within thefe few weeks a flock confifting of 

 fourteen birds, was feen on Blackheath, near Godalming, 

 Surrey. 



Its principal food is worms and infects, particularly beetles; 

 in difle&ing one, eight large beetles nearly entire were found 

 in the flomach ; they have been known to breed in this coun- 

 try, though the inftances are very rare ; the neft is faid to be 

 formed in a hollow tree. Buffon fays, he has found the neft 

 lined with mofs, wool, and feathers, and fuppofes it to lay 

 in the deferted neft of fome other bird ; ^he neft has been 

 remarked to be very filthy and offenfive, probably from the 

 fasces of the young, and the remains of their food not being 

 removed. 



Our plate was drawn and engraved by Sydenham 

 Edwards, fome years ago, and we have been favoured 

 with a fpecimen to colour from, by our friend William 

 Bullock, Efq. of the Mufeum, Piccadilly. 



