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sickly animals. We have seen it make repeated attacks upon the eyes 

 of weakly sheep, and it generally succeeds if the animal is incapable of 

 rising-. Mr. Pennant informs us this is the only species of genuine 

 crow in all the Hebrides, Orkneys, and Shetlands; the carrion crow 

 and the rook being- unknown there. It is not uncommon in Germany, 

 and is also found in Russia and Siberia. 



HOODED GULL (Lams atricilla, Linnaeus.) 



*Larus atricilla, Gmel. 1. 600. — Lath. Ind.2. 813. — Larus ridibundus, Wils. Amer. 



Orn. 9. 74. 4. — Laughing Gull, Catesby, Carolina, 1. 89 Venn. Arct. ZooL 2. 



454 Lath. Syn. 6. 383 Mont. Diet.— Flem. p. 142 Baltner's Sea Mew, 



Will. p. 346.— Temm. 2. p. 779. 



The bill and feet are deep lake red ; hood of dark bluish ash-colour ; 



quill-feathers all black, and two inches longer than the tail ; length of 



the shank one inch and three-fourths. — (Temminck.) In the month 



of August, 1774, we saw five of them together feeding in a pool upon 



the Shingley flats near Winchelsea ; two only were black on the head ; 



the others were mottled all over with brown. We also saw two others 



near Hastings, in Sussex. It is found in Russia and America, and, 



according to Natterer, on the coasts of the Mediterranean and the 



Adriatic* 



HOOK-BILLED DUCK.— A variety of the common Duck, with 

 the bill lengthened and bent downwards. 

 HOOPER.— A name for the Wild Swan. 

 HOOPOE (Upupa epops, Linnaeus.) 



*Upupa epops, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 183. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 466. — Lath. Tnd. Orn. 1. 

 p. 277.— Raii, Syn. p. 48. A. 6. — Will. p. 100. t. 24.— Briss. 2. p. 455. t. 43. f. 



1.— La Huppe, Buff. Ois. 6. p. 439. t. 21.— Ih. pi. Enl. 52 Temm. Man. 



d'Orn. 1. p. 415 — La Vail I. Ois. de Parad. et Prom. 3. pi. 22 Gebaudutei 



Werdehope, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. 114. — Frisch, (Vbg.) t. 43. — Hoopoe, 



Br. Zool. 1. No. 90. t. 39.— Arct. Zool. 2. p. 283. A. — Will. (Angl.) p. 145 



Alhin, 2. t. 42, 43.— Edw. t. 345. — Lewin's Br. Birds, t. 54. — Lath. Syn. 2. p. 

 687. l.—Ib. Supp. p 122.— Mont. Orn. Diet.— Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. 123.— 



Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 7 Vialc. Syn. ]. t. 53 Don. Br. Birds, 1. 1. 9.— Shaw's 



Zool. 8. p. 135 Flem. 89 Selby, pi. 40. f. 2. p. 118.* 



The weight of this beautiful bird is about three ounces ; length 



twelve inches ; the bill is black, two inches and a half long, slender, and 



curved ; irides hazel ; the crown of the head is furnished with a crest 



composed of a double row of dull orange-coloured feathers, tipped with 



black, lengthening from the forehead backwards, the longest of which 



is above two inches ; the sides of the head, neck, and breast, dull 



orange-colour, dashed with brov/n ; upper part of the back browner ; 



belly whitish ; the greater quill-feathers are black, with a broad bar of 



white near the tips ; on the secondaries the white decreases ; those 



next the body are marked with several black and white bars ; the 



coverts are barred in the same manner ; those on the upper ridge of the 



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