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Hoopoe Hen I was favoured with by dans une grande perfection, et a qui jai 
Edward Byam, Efq; of Enfield, who re- V obligation de cette figure. Latete duWidde- 
ceived it from the Weft Indies with the hop mefi venue de Mr. Edward Byam dEn - 
account above. I fuppofe the Hollanders field , qui I'avoit refue des Indes Occident ales, 
of Surinam, from whence it is faid to be avec la defcription ci-defiiis . fie fuppofe que 
brought, give it the name of Widdehop, les Hollandois de Surinam , d'ou on m a dit 
becaufe the ereft of this American Bird is que cette tete etoit venue , do?ine?it a I'Oifeau le 
fo like that of the Upupa or Hoopoe, an mm de Widdehop a caufe de la rejfemblance de 
European bird, which they call in Holland fa crete d celle de I'Upupa (Hupe) Oifeau 
Widhopff. I believe no one till now hath d Europe, qu on appelle en Hollande Widhopff \ 
given any figure or account of this rare fie crois que perfo?me ria donne jufqud prifent 
Bird. I judge that it muft be of the big- de figure, ou. de defcription de cet Oifeau 
nefs of a common hen. The Moth figured rare, fie in imagine quil doit etre de la 
in the plate is drawn from nature : it is groffeur d une poule commune . Le petit Pa - 
found in the fields near London: it is of pi lion reprefente dam la planche fe trouve dans 
a cream colour, except the head and the la campagne des environs de Londres . II cfi 
hinder part of the tail, which are brown. dun blanc de lait, except i la tete et la partie 
pofierieure du corps, qui cfi brune . 
CHAP. LV. PL A. 265. 
fithe Purple Indian Creepers. 
r T A HESE Birds are figured on the plate 
of their natural bignefs, and were en- 
graved immediately from the Birds them- 
felves: from their near refemblance I take 
them to be male and female of the fame 
lpecies. 
The upper Bird, which I take to be the 
cock, hath the bill black, pretty long, 
arched, not much tapering from the bafe 
to the point, but ftronger than that of the 
lower Bird: the head, neck, back, rump, 
and covert- feathers of the wings, are of a 
dark blueifh purple colour : the tail is 
black : the belly, thighs, covert-feathers 
1 
Grimpereaux pourpre des Indes. 
f^E S Oifeaux font reprefentes fur la plan - 
^ che de leur grandeur naturelle : ils y ont 
ete graves immediatemcnt dapres le fujets 
memes: leur grande rejfemblance me fait 
croire, que run efi le male , et l autre la fe- 
melle de la meme efpece . 
L Oifeau d'enhaut , que je prends pour le 
male, a le bee noir, ajfez long, voute en forme 
dare , allant fort peu en diminuant depuis 
la bafe jufquau bout , mais plus fort que ce- 
lui de l' Ofeau dembas : la tete, le cou , le 
dos, le croupion, et les plumes qui couvrent les 
ai les font dun pourpre f once tirant fur le bleu: 
la queue efi noire: le ventre, les cuijfes , les 
