UPUPA EPOPS. 
HOOPOE. 
Generic Character, 
Bill slender, long, curving downwards at the tip. 
Nostrils small. 
Tongue short, triangular. 
Toes three before, the middle one connected at the 
base to the outer one, hind toe placed neaily on a 
line with the inside front one. 
Synonyms. 
Upupa Epops. Lin. Sys. 1. p. 183. I . Iml Orn. 277. 
Hoopoe. Br. Zool. L 90. tab, 39. Lath. Syn. 2, 
p. 687. 1. Bewick's Br. Birds, Ft. 1. 
p. 146. Mont. Orn, Diet. 
beautiful species, the only one of the genus found 
in Europe, is in length twelve inches, in breadth eighteen, 
and weighs about four ounces ; bill two inches long, curved, 
the inside of the lower mandible has a plain surface, from 
the tip about one-fourth of its length ; tongue very short, 
triangular, and slightly barbed at the edges ; the crown is 
ornamented with a crest, consisting of a double row of 
feathers, which gradually lengthen from the base of the bill 
to the top of the'crown, and then decrease to the nape of the 
neck ; the longest feathers are two inches and a half m 
length ; it mostly lies flat on the head, but can be raised or 
depressed 
