PASSERES. 
Order II. 
Thi 
e second Tribe, 
TENIJIROSTRES, 
and Usu ,, 1 va rious lengths and forms, always slender, and with the tip of the upper mandible entire 
and ar ln ] ^ a ° Ute ’ the Tarsi short; the Toes generally long, especially the hind toe, which is strong 
e with a more prominent claw. : 
Th € 
first 
Family, 
UPUPIDiE, or Hoopoes, 
tip f ^ | lengthened, slender, curved or straight for its entire length ; the sides compressed to the 
h 
Tail v» 1S en H re and acute ; the Nostrils basal, and rather small : the Wings long and rounded : the 
Of 1 i 
str 0ll g, ° SS cni 8 an d rounded, or even : the Tarsi strong and usually short : the Toes long and 
c Urv et j ou * er toe more or less united at its base, the hind toe long ; the Claws strong, long, and 
The 
Subfamily, 
iav e 
the Bp] 
UPUPINAE, or Hoopoes, 
Co tnp resge 1 1 l° n g> curved or straight from the base; the culmen keeled, and the sides generally 
a M ltiost] SUddenly ^ 1C base towards the tip, which is entire and acute ; the Nostrils basal, small, 
^ad Uatod C ° Vere d by a membranous scale : the Wings long and rounded : the Tail more or less long, 
^Se, the h‘ l || <Vei1 : ^ le Tarsi generally short and strong : the Toes long ; the outer toe united at its 
toe long and strong ; the Claws long, strong, curved, and acute. 
Upupa Linn * 
v ®y long, 
«>e sides 
slender, slightly curved from the base to the tip, which is entire and acute ; the culmen 
compressed from the base, and the gonys lengthened and curved ; the nostrils basal, 
* 
iniitsus established this genus in 1735 . 
It probably embraces Fregilupus of M. Lesson (1831). 
