708 NATURAL HISTORY. 
about half the fize of a hen’s egg, are curioufly fuf- 
pended at the end of the twigs of an orange or pome- 
granate tree. bath dy ae 
_ “There are alfo, the larger humming bird, long 
tailed. black capped humming bird, hitle humming 
bird with crooked bill, green and afh coloured hum- 
ming birds. a troy ae 
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HOOPOE. 
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Tins very handfome feathered vifitant, aecora- 
ing tothe ingenious Mr. Walcot, in his Synopfis, je@ 
publifhed in quarto, anfwers the following very curi- 
ous and interefting defcription: \ 
On the top of the head isa cre, confifting of a — 
double row of feathers, the higheft of which are about 
two inches in Jength, of a pale orange colour with 
black ends; the neck is of a pale reddifh brown; the 
upper parts of which are croffed with broad bars of 
black and white; the lefier coverts of the wings are 
ofa light brown, andthe lower parts white; the tail, 
which is white, confifts,of ten black feathers, which - 
are marked with a white crefcent ; the legs are black. 
It is rwelvye inches in length, and nineteen inches in 
breadth. j een, ¥ 
A few of thefe beautiful birds migrate to this 
country in the fummer, and. feed on infects, Itis_ 
faid to make no neft, but to lay about feven wih col- © 
oured eggs, in the holes of trees, walls, oy on the ~ 
ground.) <. . at ae bir gies Oe OER So 6) 
